Improving Vocabulary Skills Unit 2 Chapter 9 hypothetical
Improving Vocabulary Skills Unit 2, Chapter 9
hypothetical This is a story of a hypothetical student, Gabriela, of Argentina. She doesn’t really exist, but she’s typical of many students entering college today.
Definition u Theoretical, imaginary, supposed for the sake of argument or examination.
constitute She’s just one of the 572, 509 students studying in the United States that constitute the foreign or international student body.
Definition u To be the parts of; to make up
predominant Of course, China and India are the predominant countries of origin of international students.
Definition u Most common or most noticeable
default However, when Argentina defaulted on its loans to the IMF, many students left Argentina to study in the US.
Definition u To fail to do something required
recession A recession in the economy soon resulted. Many would say it was worse than that and call it a depression.
Definition u A temporary decline in business
confiscate When families couldn’t pay their bills they had their homes confiscated and became homeless.
Definition u To take away; seize
prerequisite Once Gabriela arrived in the US she had to take the prerequisite courses her first and second year of college before she could delve into the courses she really cared about: economics.
Definition u Something required beforehand
nominal Before the economic problems occurred in Argentina, she had only a nominal interest in economics.
Definition u Slight; very small compared with what might be expected.
decipher She couldn’t decipher the financial pages of the newspaper. Now she wanted to know what all of those terms meant.
Definition u Figure out; to interpret or read (something confusing or hard to make out)
concurrent Her interest in economics grew concurrently with her ambition. As she was learning more and more about economics she made plans to become the finance minister of Argentina one day.
Definition u Happening or existing at the same time; simultaneous
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