Vocab-ability Prefix–313 (retro__ = backwards) – A More Powerful Vocabulary (earn UpVotes with “Vocab Practice” exercise)

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"MY VOCAB PRACTICE."

  1. The forces had to launch a RETROROCKET to rectify the accidental missile launch.
  2. The RETROACTIVE gas price hike has badly affected the prices of most market goods.
  3. This chapter contains a RETROSPECTIVE of her hardships in life that highly contributed to her success.
  4. He is a master of walking RETROGRADE.

MY VOCAB PRACTICE

  1. Because of weight constraints, there was no backup retrorocket engine.
  2. It is also unusual for Congress to pass retroactive tax laws.
  3. This retrospective of fashion and celebrity photography is striking but flawed.
  4. The time period is vaguely modern, with frequent retrograde references.

MY VOCAB PRACTICE

  1. The retrorocket helped to ensure that the spacecraft for China's first moon mission landed smoothly.

  2. The increase in the goods and services tax was made retroactive to 1 March 2019, even though it was approved by parliament on 8 March 2019.

  3. The students were told to write a retrospective essay of their high school years before their graduation ceremony.

  4. The retrograde orbit of a distant planet outside our solar system puzzled many astronomers.

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"MY VOCAB PRACTICE."

  1. I was shocked when my niece created a little rocket as part of her science project, but she was not happy since one of her classmates created a retrorocket.
  2. Government use retroactive approaches to win elections.
  3. My friend Seema sometimes irritate me too much by her retrospective talks about her boyfriends.
  4. I saw a dance video on youtube yesterday where the girl and the boy were dancing in retrograde manner, it was kind of attractive.

“MY VOCAB PRACTICE”

  1. Accident compensation payments will be retroactive to the date you first became injured.
  2. Retrorockets are especially designed rockets, for firing at oncoming missiles or rockets, preventing them from reaching their destination.
  3. My father’s obituary will be a detailed retrospective of all the great achievements from his life.
  4. A planet ‘s orbit is considered retrograde when it rotates in the opposite direction to the planet it is orbiting.

MY VOCAB PRACTICE:

  1. A retrorocket should be in the armory of every nation in-order to be adequately defend their citizens from any surprise missile attack.
  2. The new minimum wage bill that was just signed by the president, is retroactive to May 2015.
  3. Being retrospective in nature is very prerequisite for a brighter future, only if one dwells on the lessons learnt.
  4. Observing the retrograde motion of a car wheel from a distance is a mirage.

"MY VOCAB PRACTICE"

  1. Retrorocket:
    The small, auxiliary rocket engine of the retrorocket burst immediately it was started.

  2. Retroactive:
    His retroactive headache was pertaining to pay raise effects to his whole body.

  3. Retrospective:
    The exhibition of the artist's life's work at the theater was a representative of the selection of retrospective work of the nineteenth century.

  4. Retrograde:
    The defender tried to retrograde and caused the only goal of game.

My vocab Practice

1.- The entry, descent and landing system will utilise key technologies involving airbags and possibly retrorockets.

2.- Recently there has been considerable jurisprudence in the matter of retroactive payments in the company.

3.- The idea of commemoration manifests itself most strongly in the retrospective narrative provided by the interpolated stories.

4.- Life drawing has come to be regarded as a retrograde activity that now represents an ideological divide.