Watch out for new credit card traps
By David Ellis, staff writerFebruary 17, 2010: 2:58 PM ET
http://money.cnn.com/2010/02/17/news/companies/credit_card_rules/index.htm
Questions :
1. Do you think everyone has credit cards?
2. How often do people use a credit card?
3. When do people use a credit card?
Vocabularies :
Trap : any device, stratagem, trick, or the like for catching a person unawares.
Egregious : extraordinary in some bad way; glaring; flagrant: an egregious mistake; an egregious liar.
Arbitrary : subject to individual will or judgment without restriction; contingent solely upon one’s discretion: an arbitrary decision.
hefty : heavy; weighty: a hefty book.
transparency : something transparent, esp. a picture, design, or the like on glass or some translucent substance, made visible by light shining through from behind.
Revenue : the income of a government from taxation, excise duties, customs, or other sources, appropriated to the payment of the public expenses.
Scrutinize : to examine in detail with careful or critical attention.
Penalize : to declare (an action, deed, etc.) punishable by law or rule.
