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Education: Advanced vocabulary

Terms in this set (42)

a borderline candidate
a person who has equal chances of passing or failing an exam.
a certificate
official document sb receives on completing course of study or training.
to cheat in an exam
to use dishonest methods.
to come top of your class
to be the best in your class.
a course
a series of lessons in a particular subject
a degree
the qualification you receive when you have finished studying a course at university.
diploma
qualification awarded to student by college, or by high school in USA.
to drop out of university
to leave university before finishing your degree.
edutainment
something designed to be both educational and entertaining.
to excel at
to be very good at
to be expelled from school
to be dismissed from school permanently because
you have done something very bad.
a gifted student
a student with natural ability to do sth well.
a grade
a mark received by students in examination or for written work, usually
in form of a letter.
a graduate
a person who has received a degree from a university.
to graduate from university
to leave university, having finished your degree course
and having got your qualifications.
to lecture in
to teach a particular subject at university.
a mark
point given for correct answer or for doing well in examination.
a mock exam
a practice exam usually taken a short time before a real and important
exam.
to pass an exam with flying colours
do very well in an exam and get very good marks.
to play truant
to miss school without permission.
a post-graduate
somebody who is studying for an advanced degree
to research
to do advanced studies in a particular subject.
to revise
to study for an exam.
a lenient teacher
a teacher who is strict and does not punish students
who deserve to be punished.
to sail through an exam
to pass an exam very easily and with a good mark.
to sit (for) and exam
to take an exam.
an undergraduate
sb who is studying for their first degree at university.
to win a scholarship
to be given money to help pay for the education you
receive
inveterate
someone who cannot help cheating
form master
a teacher responsible for the out-of-class activities, academic progress, etc of students
an inflated opinion of something
an extremely high opinion of something
upstanding
people behave in a morally respectful way
futile
useless
to evict
to force someone officially to leave the house they are living in or a piece of land they are occupying, because they have broken a law or contract
to expire
to reach the end of time for which it is valid or during which it is allowed to exist
to pitch
to throw
to discard
to get rid of something that you don not need any more
to hurl
to throw violently
stringent
severe, strict
false
not genuine, wrong
fake
not original, copied
a child prodigy
an extremely talented child
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