HSE 3-4 vocab list #1

Retro = backward

​Example Word: 

• retroactive= effective from a past date

Example Sentence:

Workers will receive a retroactive pay raise which will include compensation from the previous year.

Cap(it)= head, leader

Example Word:

• per capita= for each person

Example Sentence:

Per capita clothing consumption last peaked in 2006 and has declined since then mainly because young Americans are spending more money on experiences and technology than on new outfits.

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Effective from a past date

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how much does the government spend

on education?

ette= a small version of (noun)

Example Word:

• vignette = a short description in a book or play showing the typical features of a person or situation

Example Sentence:

The House on Mango Street is broken up into vignettes and each vignette provides details about one of Esperanza’s neighbors or an event in her young life.

Pop= people

Example Word:

• Depopulate:reduce population of

Example Sentence: 

Most rural counties in the U.S. are experiencing depopulation because more and more young people are leaving their rural communities for big cities.

Multiple Choice

a short description in a book or play

• pipette

• vignette

• novellete

• kitchenette

Multiple Choice

Depopulate:

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• rural population

• reduce population of

• urban population

Circum = around

Example Word:

• Circumspect: cautious, wary, watchful

Example Sentence:

The detective has a reputation for being focused and circumspect when analyzing a crime scene.

ism= doctrine, system, manner, condition, act, and characteristic

Example Word: 

• Feminism: the belief that women should have the same rights and opportunities as men

Example Sentence:

Feminism and the equal rights movement became increasingly popular in the late 1960’s and were led, in part, by Simone de Beauvoir.

Multiple Choice

The teacher is focused and ________ when watching students take exams.

• circumspect

• circumvent

• cirrus

• circumference

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a doctrine, system, manner,