# Education & Learning

**Type:** Topic
**Words:** 112

## About

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

## Words by Level

### A1
- course — A series of lessons or classes on a particular subject.; frequency rank 210
- school — A place where children go to be taught.; frequency rank 320
- learn — To gain knowledge or a skill, especially by studying or practising.; frequency rank 680
- class — A group of students who are taught together.; frequency rank 731
- teacher — A person whose job is to teach, especially in a school.; frequency rank 1003
- study — To spend time learning about a subject, often at school or college.; frequency rank 1275
- student — A person who is studying at a school, college, or university.; frequency rank 1492
- lesson — A period of time in which a teacher teaches a subject or skill to students.; frequency rank 1864
- homework — Work that a teacher gives students to do at home.; frequency rank 3023
- classroom — A room in a school where lessons take place.; frequency rank 7166
- hear of — to have knowledge that someone or something exists
- sit for — to take a formal examination
- sit in on — to attend a meeting or class as a silent observer rather than an active participant

### A2
- university — A place of higher education where students study for degrees and do research.; frequency rank 1912
- knowledge — Information, facts, and understanding that you gain through learning or experience.; frequency rank 2011
- education — The process of teaching or learning, especially at a school or university.; frequency rank 2590
- degree — A unit for measuring temperature.; frequency rank 3049
- principal — The person in charge of a school.; frequency rank 3128
- exam — A formal test of knowledge or skill, especially in school.; frequency rank 3348
- campus — The grounds and buildings of a university, college, or school.; frequency rank 4967
- graduate — A person who has completed a degree at a university or college.; frequency rank 4971
- graduate — To complete your studies and receive a degree from a university or college.; frequency rank 4971
- semester — one of the two main periods that a school or university year is divided into; frequency rank 7562
- essay — A short piece of writing on a particular subject, often for school or a magazine.; frequency rank 8579
- textbook — A book used to study a subject at school or college.; frequency rank 12476
- schoolwork — Work that students do for school, both in class and as homework.; frequency rank 25070
- headteacher — The most senior teacher who is in charge of running a school.; frequency rank 135315
- refer to — to consult a source for information

### B1
- professor — A teacher at a college or university.; frequency rank 1016
- grade — A mark or score given for work at school or in a test.; frequency rank 2408
- academy — a school or college, especially one that teaches a particular subject or skill; frequency rank 3605
- lecture — A talk that teaches something, usually given to a class or audience.; frequency rank 4600
- scholarship — Money given to a student to help pay for their education, usually for good work.; frequency rank 5996
- workshop — A short, practical course where a small group learns or works on something together.; frequency rank 7196
- academic — relating to education, schools, and study; frequency rank 8525
- freshman — A student in their first year at a high school, college, or university.; frequency rank 8556
- sophomore — A second-year student at a US high school or university.; frequency rank 13580
- preschool — A school for young children who are not yet old enough for primary school.; frequency rank 19100
- qualification — An official record, such as a diploma or degree, showing you have completed training or passed an exam.; frequency rank 24367
- schoolbook — a book written or selected for students to use in school; a textbook; frequency rank 104546
- progress to — to move forward to a later or more advanced stage

### B2
- prom — A formal dance held for students, usually near the end of the school year.; frequency rank 4187
- institution — A large, important, long-established organization, such as a university, bank, or hospital.; frequency rank 6324
- dorm — A building at a college or university where students live; short for "dormitory".; frequency rank 8025
- thesis — A long piece of writing based on research, especially for a university degree.; frequency rank 9255
- pupil — A child or young person who is being taught at school.; frequency rank 9292
- faculty — All the teachers and academic staff at a school or university.; frequency rank 9768
- tuition — The money you pay for being taught, especially at a college or university.; frequency rank 9830
- seminar — A small class in which students and a teacher meet to discuss a topic in depth.; frequency rank 9869
- diploma — An official document showing that you have completed a course of study or earned a qualification.; frequency rank 11464
- prefect — An older school pupil given authority over other students.; frequency rank 14616
- tack — A way of dealing with a problem; an approach or course of action.; frequency rank 14883
- dormitory — A building at a college or university where students live.; frequency rank 16802
- curriculum — The set of subjects and courses taught at a school, college, or university.; frequency rank 19453
- hooky — informal, especially in play hooky: unauthorized absence from school or work; frequency rank 21532
- schoolhouse — a building used as a school, especially a small or one-room school; frequency rank 30765
- undergraduate — A university student who has not yet finished their first degree.; frequency rank 34470
- housemaster — A teacher in charge of a house at a boarding school.; frequency rank 71554
- scholasticism — A medieval school of philosophy that combined classical Greek thought with Christian theology.; frequency rank 588596
- cyberschool — A school that teaches its courses over the Internet instead of in a physical building.; frequency rank 824115
- skim over — to read something quickly without examining every detail
- skip over — to pass a section or item without reading or dealing with it

### C1
- rabbi — a Jewish religious scholar and teacher qualified to interpret Jewish law; frequency rank 7534
- orientation — A meeting or short course that introduces people to a new job, school, or situation.; frequency rank 12861
- warpath — a course of hostile action or an angrily confrontational mood, especially in the phrase on the warpath; frequency rank 29469
- watershed — an event marking a unique or important historical change of course or one on which important developments depend; frequency rank 40894

### C2
- cadet — a student or trainee preparing to become a military or police officer; frequency rank 10481
- viva — chiefly British: an oral examination, especially one for an academic degree; frequency rank 11522
- schoolboy — a boy attending school; frequency rank 19177
- sabbatical — an extended period of authorized leave from regular work, often for study, travel, or research; frequency rank 23376
- parable — A short story that teaches a moral or religious lesson.; frequency rank 33702
- truant — a pupil who stays away from school without permission; frequency rank 34877
- refectory — a communal dining hall in a monastery, school, college, or other institution; frequency rank 56520
- schoolroom — a room in a school where lessons take place; frequency rank 58854
- pedagogue — a teacher, especially one who is strict, formal, or old-fashioned; frequency rank 80455
- copybook — historical: a school exercise book containing models of handwriting for a pupil to copy; frequency rank 88856
- catechist — One who practices catechesis, i.e., catechizes catechumens; a teacher who instructs students in the doctrines of a particular Christian denomination typically in preparation for confirmation.; frequency rank 126522
- obscurantism — deliberate opposition to the spread of knowledge, education, reform, or public understanding; frequency rank 131781
- orientalist — historical or academic: a scholar of languages, literatures, histories, or cultures once grouped in Western scholarship as the Orient; frequency rank 206294
- syndic — an official or agent appointed to manage the affairs of a corporation, university, municipality, or similar body; frequency rank 226253
- palaestra — a school or exercise ground in ancient Greece or Rome where wrestling and other athletic training took place; frequency rank 326331
- schoolman — historical: a medieval scholar or teacher, especially one associated with scholastic philosophy or theology; frequency rank 748788
- apologue — a short allegorical story or fable intended to convey a moral lesson
- sizar — historical: a Cambridge or Trinity College Dublin student receiving financial support, sometimes in return for duties
- cloze — an exercise or test in which words are removed from a passage and the learner fills the gaps using the context
- philomath — A person who loves learning and studying; a rare or literary word.

### C2+
- regimen — a prescribed course of diet, exercise, or treatment
- tutelage — instruction or guardianship under a teacher or protector
- doctorate — the highest academic degree awarded by a university
- preceptor — a teacher or instructor, especially a tutor or mentor
- prognosis — a forecast of the likely course of a disease or situation
- antiquary — a student or collector of antiquities
- bursary — a grant or scholarship awarded to a student; a treasury office
- casebook — a book recording cases for study; serving as a textbook example
- dean — a senior official of a college, university, or cathedral
- 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
- perversion — a distortion or corruption of something from its proper course
- alumnus — a male former student or graduate of a school or college
- gam — a social visit between whaling ships; a school of whales; a leg
- headmaster — the male head teacher in charge of a school
- lear — learning or lore; (dialect) to teach or learn
- magister — a master or teacher, especially in a medieval or academic context
- rationale — the set of reasons or logical basis underlying a course of action
- rhetorician — an expert in or teacher of rhetoric; a skilled or showy speaker
- scholarism — pedantic or doctrinaire scholarship; rigid academic learning
- stubbornness — dogged refusal to change one's mind or course
- 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
- varsity — the principal team representing a university or school in a sport
- demivolt — a riding-school movement in which a horse makes a half-turn, especially with its forelegs raised so that it turns on the hind legs