Vocabulary Exercise: How the Economy effects the GED: Vocabulary List

Clearly, in order to truly understand a story, one must have a working knowledge about the words that are being used to tell the story.
First: Read the summary at the following link: "Vocabulary Exercise: How the Economy effects the GED". Then return to the Vocabulary List below and complete the exercise.

The words to know for this story are as follows:

• Economy
• Periodical
• Community College
• Effective
• Management
• Resources
• Community
• System
• Rationale
• Worsen
• Scarce
• Position
• Prospective
• Competition
• Employer
• Employee
• Candidate
• Criteria
• Increase
• Pursue
• Essential
• Objective

Ideas for improving your vocabulary:

1. Can you define each of these terms?
2. Can you use each word in a sentence?
3. Can you list a synonym and an antonym for each term?

Give it a try! What do you have to lose?