Education & Learning

Classrooms, exams, study, and the vocabulary of learning.

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# Education & Learning

**Type:** Topic
**Words:** 227

## About
Classrooms, exams, study, and the vocabulary of learning.

## Words by Level

### A1
- find - To discover or get something after searching or by chance.
- course - A series of lessons or classes on a particular subject.
- school - A place where children go to be taught.
- learn - To gain knowledge or a skill, especially by studying or practising.
- class - A group of students who are taught together.
- college - A place where students study after secondary school, often to earn a degree.
- teacher - A person whose job is to teach, especially in a school.
- teach - To help someone learn something by giving them lessons or information.
- study - To spend time learning about a subject, often at school or college.
- student - A person who is studying at a school, college, or university.
- lesson - A period of time in which a teacher teaches a subject or skill to students.
- subject - The thing being talked or written about.
- library - A place where books and other materials are kept for people to read or borrow.
- homework - Work that a teacher gives students to do at home.
- classroom - A room in a school where lessons take place.
- classmate - A person who is in the same class at school as you.

### A2
- final - Coming last; happening at the end.
- training - The process of teaching or learning the skills needed to do a job or activity.
- university - A place of higher education where students study for degrees and do research.
- knowledge - Information, facts, and understanding that you gain through learning or experience.
- senior - Higher in rank, position, or importance than others.
- education - The process of teaching or learning, especially at a school or university.
- degree - A unit for measuring temperature.
- exam - A formal test of knowledge or skill, especially in school.
- drill - To make a hole using a drill or other pointed tool.
- advanced - At a higher level of skill, knowledge, or training.
- method - A particular way of doing something, especially a planned or organized one.
- campus - The grounds and buildings of a university, college, or school.
- graduate - To complete your studies and receive a degree from a university or college.
- semester - one of the two main periods that a school or university year is divided into
- educational - Relating to education or teaching.
- textbook - A book used to study a subject at school or college.
- schoolwork - Work that students do for school, both in class and as homework.
- headteacher - The most senior teacher who is in charge of running a school.
- schoolchild - A child who goes to school.
- main course
- learning - The process of gaining knowledge or skills.

### B1
- professor - A teacher at a college or university.
- command - An order telling someone to do something.
- term - A word or phrase used to name a particular thing, often in a special field.
- academy - a school or college, especially one that teaches a particular subject or skill
- lecture - A talk that teaches something, usually given to a class or audience.
- institute - An organization set up for a particular purpose, especially research, education, or a profession.
- literature - Written works such as novels, poems, and plays valued as art.
- scholarship - Money given to a student to help pay for their education, usually for good work.
- inquiry - A question or request for information.
- scholar - A person who studies a subject deeply and knows a lot about it.
- academic - relating to education, schools, and study
- freshman - A student in their first year at a high school, college, or university.
- pharmacy - A shop where medicines are prepared and sold.
- educate - To teach someone over a period of time, especially at a school.
- exploration - The act of travelling through an unfamiliar area to learn about it.
- sophomore - A second-year student at a US high school or university.
- nutrition - The food a living thing needs to grow and stay healthy.
- encyclopedia - A reference work with articles on many subjects, usually arranged alphabetically
- revise - To change or improve something, especially a piece of writing.
- flunk - To fail an exam or class.
- primary school
- secondary school
- investigate - To carefully examine something in order to find out the facts or the truth.
- technical - Relating to a particular subject and needing special knowledge to be understood.
- educated - Having received a good education and a lot of knowledge.
- secondary - less important than the main thing
- qualification - An official record, such as a diploma or degree, showing you have completed training or passed an exam.
- reread - to read a text again
- schoolbook - a book written or selected for students to use in school; a textbook

### B2
- pupil - A child or young person who is being taught at school.
- curriculum - The set of subjects and courses taught at a school, college, or university.
- ignorant - Not knowing about a particular fact or situation.
- unlock - To open something that is locked, usually with a key or code.
- dorm - A building at a college or university where students live; short for "dormitory".
- tutor - A person who teaches one student or a small group, often privately.
- ignorance - A lack of knowledge or information about something.
- liberal - Willing to respect and accept ideas, behaviour, or opinions different from your own.
- skilled - good at doing something because of training or experience
- thesis - A long piece of writing based on research, especially for a university degree.
- electronics - Devices that run on electric power, such as phones, computers, and televisions.
- faculty - All the teachers and academic staff at a school or university.
- tuition - The money you pay for being taught, especially at a college or university.
- seminar - A small class in which students and a teacher meet to discuss a topic in depth.
- transcript - A written copy of words that were spoken, such as in an interview or trial.
- diploma - An official document showing that you have completed a course of study or earned a qualification.
- upgrade - To improve something by replacing it with a better or newer version.
- instruct - To officially tell someone what they should do.
- philosophical - Relating to philosophy or the study of ideas about life and knowledge.
- astronomy - The scientific study of the stars, planets, and the universe.
- inexperienced - Lacking knowledge or skill because you have not done something much before.
- schoolgirl - A girl who goes to school.
- dormitory - A building at a college or university where students live.
- acquisition - the act of getting or buying something
- lecturer - A person who gives lectures, especially as a teacher at a university or college.
- enroll - To officially join a course, school, or organization.
- mastery - Great skill in or thorough knowledge of a subject or activity.
- athletics - Sports such as running, jumping, and throwing.
- dropout - A person who leaves school or college before finishing their course.
- elective - Not required; chosen freely.
- undergraduate - A university student who has not yet finished their first degree.
- familiarize - To learn about something or make someone learn about it.
- housemaster - A teacher in charge of a house at a boarding school.
- cyberschool - A school that teaches its courses over the Internet instead of in a physical building.
- lore - traditional knowledge or beliefs passed through generations, often orally
- formative - strongly influencing the development of a person, idea, or thing
- novice - a person who is new to and inexperienced in a field or activity
- schoolhouse - a building used as a school, especially a small or one-room school
- hooky - informal, especially in play hooky: unauthorized absence from school or work
- primer - a small introductory book, especially one used to teach children to read or to explain the basics of a subject

### C1
- detention - The act of officially holding someone in custody, usually for a short time.
- suspension - The act of officially stopping something for a time, or the period of this delay.
- disciplinary - relating to a specific field of academic study
- accomplishment - Something impressive that you have achieved through effort.
- conservatory - A room with glass walls and roof attached to a house, used for plants or relaxing.
- tenure - The period during which someone holds a job or position.
- dissection - The act of cutting open a body to study its parts.
- glossary - an alphabetical list of technical terms in some specialized field of knowledge
- subject-matter - the topic or material being discussed, studied, or represented
- schoolmistress - a woman who teaches in or is in charge of a school, now chiefly in historical contexts
- stationery - writing and office materials such as paper, envelopes, pens, pencils, and notebooks
- protege - a less experienced person whose career or development is guided and supported by an influential mentor
- plagiarize - to use another person's words, ideas, or creative work and present them as one's own, especially without proper acknowledgment
- seminary - an institution that trains candidates for the priesthood, ministry, or rabbinate
- rote - memorization or learning through repetition, often without full understanding
- delve - to examine or investigate a subject carefully and in detail
- educative - serving to educate or produce intellectual and moral development

### C2
- informant - A person who secretly gives information, especially to the police.
- devious - deviating from a straight course
- headmistress - A woman who is in charge of a school.
- physiological - Relating to how the body and its organs normally work.
- extracurricular - Outside the regular school or college curriculum.
- awry - away from the correct or expected course
- methodology - The set of methods and procedures used to do something in a particular field.
- vocational - Relating to a job, or to the skills and training needed for a particular kind of work.
- meteorological - Relating to the weather or the study of the weather.
- inexperience - lack of experience and the knowledge and understanding derived from experience
- scholarly - Connected with serious academic study and research
- recitation - The act of saying a poem, speech, or passage aloud, usually from memory.
- impressionistic - Based on personal impressions and feelings rather than careful facts or research.
- stoicism - The quality of accepting pain or hardship calmly, without complaining.
- methodological - Relating to the methods used in research or in a particular field.
- methodologically - In a way that relates to the methods used in research.
- viva - chiefly British: an oral examination, especially one for an academic degree
- dictation - the act of speaking words for another person or a device to write or record
- pedantry - an ostentatious or ill-timed display of learning
- schoolman - historical: a medieval scholar or teacher, especially one associated with scholastic philosophy or theology
- proctor - especially in the US, a person who supervises an examination to prevent cheating
- lucubration - intensive, prolonged, or laborious study or thought, historically especially work done late at night
- inculcation - the process of firmly instilling an idea, value, or habit through persistent instruction or repetition
- precocity - unusually early development of intelligence, talent, or maturity
- conversazione - a formal social gathering devoted to discussion of literature, art, science, or another learned subject
- pedagogue - a teacher, especially one who is strict, formal, or old-fashioned
- refectory - a communal dining hall in a monastery, school, college, or other institution
- truant - a pupil who stays away from school without permission
- orthography - the conventional spelling and writing system of a language
- lyceum - a hall or association providing public lectures, debates, readings, or concerts
- aitch - the name of the Latin-script letter H or h
- copybook - historical: a school exercise book containing models of handwriting for a pupil to copy
- obscurantism - deliberate opposition to the spread of knowledge, education, reform, or public understanding
- propaedeutic - preparatory or introductory to a more advanced field of study
- classicist - a scholar who studies the languages, literature, and cultures of ancient Greece and Rome
- pedagogic - of or relating to pedagogy
- sizar - historical: a Cambridge or Trinity College Dublin student receiving financial support, sometimes in return for duties

### C2+
- enlighten - to give greater knowledge or understanding to someone
- ethics - moral principles governing conduct, or the study thereof
- familiarity - close acquaintance with or knowledge of something
- imbibe - to drink, especially alcohol; to absorb ideas or knowledge
- learned - having or showing deep, extensive knowledge from study
- provost - a senior academic administrator; the head of certain colleges
- don - to put on a garment; also a university teacher or distinguished man
- pervert - to distort or corrupt from the original or proper course
- politic - prudent and shrewd in pursuing a sensible course; expedient
- regimen - a prescribed course of diet, exercise, or treatment
- tutelage - instruction or guardianship under a teacher or protector
- deviate - to depart from an established course, standard, or norm
- disclaim - to renounce or deny any claim to, knowledge of, or responsibility for
- doctorate - the highest academic degree awarded by a university
- errant - straying from the proper course or standards; wandering
- indoctrinate - to teach someone to accept a set of beliefs uncritically
- instructive - useful in providing knowledge or information; enlightening
- preceptor - a teacher or instructor, especially a tutor or mentor
- prognosis - a forecast of the likely course of a disease or situation
- sophistication - refined worldly knowledge, or complexity of design
- academism - adherence to traditional academic conventions or doctrines
- antiquary - a student or collector of antiquities
- bursary - a grant or scholarship awarded to a student; a treasury office
- canalize - to convert into or direct through a channel; to channel into a fixed course
- casebook - a book recording cases for study; serving as a textbook example
- cram - to force into a tight space, or to study intensively before an exam
- dean - a senior official of a college, university, or cathedral
- deviation - the act of departing from an established course or norm
- divinity - the state of being divine, a deity, or the study of theology
- erudition - extensive knowledge acquired through study; learning
- frosh - a first-year student at a college or high school; a freshman
- hilary - the spring legal and university term in parts of the British Isles
- meteorologic - relating to weather or the study of the atmosphere
- paroemia - a proverb or adage, especially as a subject of study
- perversion - a distortion or corruption of something from its proper course
- phenomenalism - the doctrine that knowledge is limited to phenomena or sense data
- piscatology - the study or art of fishing
- specialism - a particular branch of study or work in which one specializes
- teachable - able to be taught; willing and able to learn
- academical - relating to a school, college, or scholarly learning
- academically - in a manner relating to education or scholarship
- afterknowledge - knowledge gained after an event; hindsight
- alumnus - a male former student or graduate of a school or college
- drilling - the act of boring holes or of repeated practice or training
- erudite - having or showing great learning or scholarship
- experienceless - lacking experience; without practical knowledge
- headmaster - the male head teacher in charge of a school
- inquisitive - eager for knowledge; curious, sometimes unduly prying
- knowledgeably - in a manner showing knowledge or expertise
- lear - learning or lore; (dialect) to teach or learn
- magister - a master or teacher, especially in a medieval or academic context
- nescient - lacking knowledge; ignorant
- orthoepy - the study of correct or accepted pronunciation of words
- physicist - a scientist who specializes in the study of physics
- phytology - the scientific study of plants; botany
- poetics - the study or theory of the principles and forms of poetry and literature
- scholarism - pedantic or doctrinaire scholarship; rigid academic learning
- sidetrack - to divert from the main course or topic
- syllabus - an outline of the subjects and topics covered in a course of study
- trajectory - the curved path of a moving object; a course of development
- uneducated - lacking formal schooling or knowledge
- unlearned - lacking education or knowledge; not acquired by training
- unskilled - not having or requiring special training or skill
- varsity - the principal team representing a university or school in a sport
- epistemic - relating to knowledge, its nature, and its justification
- book-body - a learned or book-educated person, in northern English dialect
- Ollendorffian - relating to Heinrich Ollendorff or his method of language teaching through highly repetitive questions, answers, and substitutions

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