A recent headline in a the News & Observer, a North Carolina periodical reads, “More seek GED as jobs get scarce: Community colleges’ ranks increase as applicants find hard work alone will get you only so far.”

  This brings to mind the word, Economy.  What is Economy?  According to an online source, the Economy can be defined as: “Effective management of the resources of a community or system.”

  So, how does the Economy effect the GED?  Well, the rationale is rather simple. 

1. As the economy worsens; jobs become scarce and are more difficult to obtain. 
2. As jobs become scarce, the competition for each remaining job increases because there are fewer positions available for each prospective new employee. 
3. As competition increases, employers seek more ways of comparing prospective employees to determine which ones to hire.  (One long-accepted criteria has long been whether or not a candidate has a high school or college diploma.)
4. Thus more people are wanting to have diplomas in order to improve their position in job pools. 
5. And finally, while those without diplomas may be more likely to NOT have employment, they may also be now even more likely to feel a need to increase their education.  This is for two reasons:
   • due to the fact that much education is essentially free of charge; and
   • they now have more time on their hands to pursue such goals and objectives.

  Test yourself on the vocabulary for the summary that you just read:  Go to the vocabulary list for this entry.

  There is an easy way to partially answer this question for yourself.   Follow these easy steps:

1. Go to the Quizmoz quiz about GED Reading Comprehension: Discussion Forum I.  
2. Read the passages and answer the questions to the best of your ability. 
3. Make a note of your score.

Then:

1. Go to the vocabulary list I have placed at the Objective: GED site on Blogspot.
2. Be sure that you know the meaning of each of the words on the list that you will find there. 
3. If you do not know the meaning of a word, then look it up and write the word and its meaning so that you can remember it.

Then:

1. Go back to the Quizmoz site, and try that same test over again.
2. Compare your scores from before you studied the vocabulary words versus after you studied the vocabulary words.
3. If you were better able to answer the questions and you scored higher the second time, then it is possible that your score increased because your had a higher reading comprehension level as a result of having a better command of the basic vocabulary used in the passages.

Give it a Try!!!  What have you got to lose?

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Steps to building a better vocabulary for your GED:

Step 1:  Read the Article.

Step 2: Become familiar with the words on the Article Vocabulary List below.  Use the on line dictionaries and other resources to be sure that you understand what each term means.  This will help you in several areas of completing your successful GED Examination.

Step 3: Read the article again and see how becoming more familiar with these GED-type words will help increase both your comprehension and your enjoyment of the story itself.

Article Vocabulary List:

Accumulated

Aggression

Antagonize

Articulate

Attainable

Cliche

Civil Rights

Comprehension

Concentration

Constituent

Discrepancy

Excessive

Luminous

Majority

Mandate

Principals

Principle

Retention

Routine

Self-Conscious

Summarizing

Synonymous

Unintelligible

This quiz was originally intended for students preparing for standardized tests at a slightly higher level but it can definitely help one prepare effectively for the GED.

Give it a try!!! You have nothing to lose.  — (Click here to go to Quiz Page) —

  Good luck!  Send me a comment to tell me if this sort of exercise is helpful to you.

For the Flashcards for these and other related terms, go to the Flashcard Exchange.

Good Luck!

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Aggressive

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Infer / Inference / Inferring

Imply

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Qualitative / Quality

Quantitative /Quantity

If the price one pays  for an item relates to _______, then how well the item is made can be related to _______.

Relative

Absolute

While our laws tend to be _______ guidelines for behavior in our society; our moral conclusions can often be ________.