admission
/ædˈmɪʃən/, /ədˈmɪʃən/
nounthe permission given to someone to become a student of a school, enter an organization, etc.
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1. In 2018, 62% of AMC's total revenue came from admissions.
2. I would defer admission.
3. - Early admissions is right.
4. Hospital admissions soared.
5. An admission department admits patients.
attendance
/əˈtɛndəns/
nounthe state of being present at an event or a place
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1. That attendance was up.
2. Our next guest may have perfect attendance.
3. I take attendance.
4. Attendance is important.
5. - Attendance hall pass.
detention
/dɪˈtɛnʃən/
nouna type of punishment for students who have done something wrong and as a result, they cannot go home at the same time as others
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1. It permits indefinite detention.
2. The first day of first grade, he got detention.
3. - Detention officers escort them back to the adjacent open air Tent City.
4. Children are in detention.
5. but detention sure is!
principal
/ˈpɹɪnsəpəɫ/
nouna teacher who is the head of a school
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1. Only $410 of it is principal.
2. The principal brought a pole dancer to a kindergarten.
3. 'Principal', 'principal' is a noun and also an adjective.
4. 'Principal', 'principal' is a noun and also an adjective.
5. Same principal really applies.
educator
/ˈɛdʒəˌkeɪtɝ/, /ˈɛdʒjuˌkeɪtɝ/
nounsomeone whose job is to teach people
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1. The educator can also modify HAL's responses on the fly.
2. "The educators must be educated."
3. We're educators.
4. Deaf educators just teach in sign.
5. The comic books, the educators overlooked something.
janitor
/ˈdʒænətɝ/
nounsomeone whose job is cleaning and taking care of a school or other building
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1. He got the janitor.
2. Janitors have been keeping an eye on the situation.
3. The janitor was right outside actually
4. The janitor makes the diagnosis, "The Fugitive."
5. Most janitors work full time.
chair
/ˈtʃɛɹ/
nounthe position that a university professor has
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1. Throw chairs from at least six feet.
2. Picking up chairs?
3. Chair burn.
4. Folding chairs.
5. So do chairs.
dropout
/ˈdɹɑˌpaʊt/
nounsomeone who leaves school or college before finishing their studies
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1. Dropout is the new premium ad free and uncensored platform from College Humor.
2. - Go to Dropout.
3. TV, go to Dropout.
4. Go to Dropout.
5. Dropout is the new premium ad-free and uncensored comedy platform from college humor.
scholar
/ˈskɑɫɝ/
nounsomeone who has a lot of knowledge about a particular subject, especially in the humanities
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1. Media scholars refer to this skill as media literacy.
2. In this regard, scholars only have ideas and speculations.
3. Scholars, too, questioned the wisdom of this cyber libertarianism.
4. And with these two components of finance separated-- again, the exchange function and the contractual function-- with those for the purposes of analysis, scholars described the most important monetary variable in very narrow terms, namely the quantity of Federal Reserve notes and checkbook money in circulation.
5. Scholars still debate the equipment of Philip’s pezhetairoi.
truant
/ˈtɹuənt/
nouna student who does not have permission for not attending school
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1. And she was chronically truant because her mother was a heroin addict and could not get her to school.
2. It’s at the zoo where one day a truant officer sees him.
3. Later, after running from the clutches of truant officers, Oswald and his mother return to New Orleans.
4. Eagles from the nearby Portland Air National Guard base in a bid to intercept the truant plane.
5. and I'm the truant officer, did you know that?
to confer
/kənˈfɝ/
verbto give an official degree, title, right, etc. to someone
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1. And well-deserved hoots and hugs and hollers and high-fives as your degree is actually conferred.
2. The context really does confer meaning.
3. Again, birth alone does not confer on you citizenship of any particular country.
4. He's conferring on them an equality rather than a hierarchical ordering of the two luminaries, the sun and the moon.
5. A symbol of royalty in ancient Rome, China, and Egypt, a necktie has always conferred status of some kind.
to expel
/ɪkˈspɛɫ/
verbto formally forbid someone from going to school or an organization
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1. It's expelled 10 Russian diplomats.
2. 100 diplomats were expelled from Europe and the United States.
3. On the next day, your body may expel naturally the bothersome stones.
4. A healthy body can expel a piece of gum in a few days.
5. It expels drugs, pollutants, steroids, and bile acids out of your body.
to skip
/ˈskɪp/
verbnot to do an activity on purpose, one that someone usually does
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1. Skip the steps.
2. My heart just skipped a beat!
3. Skip the grocery store.
4. Skip the Dishes.
5. Purple light means skip.
to flag
/ˈfɫæɡ/
verbto put or draw a mark on something in order to make it more noticeable
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1. But flags had an even more important purpose in battle.
2. Groups like the United Nations, the Red Cross, and the European Union all have flags.
3. Countries, states, cities, and even some small people groups have flags.
4. Flags can also tell a part of the history of a country or group.
5. Bailey loves flags.
dissertation
/ˌdɪsɝˈteɪʃən/
nouna long piece of writing on a particular subject that a university student presents in order to get an advanced degree
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1. He wrote a dissertation.
2. Dissertations have been written on very topic.
3. And my dissertation is on the under-representation of black women in Congress.
4. my dissertation was on micro-programming.
5. His dissertation title is this-- Contributions to Law and Empirical Methods.
doctorate
/ˈdɑktɝət/
nounthe highest degree given by a university
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1. - You have a doctorate.
2. Ma Ying-jeou got his doctorate here.
3. Also receiving a doctorate of philosophy-- Dr. David James Cote.
4. I have a doctorate.
5. I got a doctorate.
field day
/fˈiːld dˈeɪ/
nouna day on which no classes are held and students take part in sports games
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1. Recently, the YouTube channel Field Day gave us the oppotunity to make something different: a short video about Game of Thrones.
field trip
/fˈiːld tɹˈɪp/
nouna trip made by researchers or students to learn more about something by being close to it
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1. My dad was on a field trip.
2. A field trip to Jersey, pack your bags.
3. - What is the field trip? -
4. - Is this a field trip?
5. - Is this a field trip?
GRE
/ɡɹˈiː/
nouna test that must be passed in the US by students who want to continue their education after their first degree
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1. Take the GRE.
2. Jean We ve a gre questn from Che.
3. Are you studying for the GRE?
4. And our admissions decisions do not revolve around GMATs and GRE.
5. Also a lot more people take the GRE for every, whatever random master's degree out there.
sat
/ˈsæt/
nouna test that high school students take before college or university in the US
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1. Take the SATs.
2. All right, Sat. Make a pull.
3. Sat, you smell death.
4. - Sat, as you're looking around.
5. Mega four kids said my SATs in six years.
cognitive
/ˈkɑɡnɪtɪv/
adjectiveinvolving the processes of learning and recognition
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1. Psychologists study cognitive performance.
2. What we call behavior is the cognitive inhibition on a biochemical drive.
3. Cognitive distortion is a concept from Cognitive Behavior Therapy perspective.
4. A whole range of professions now make cognitive demands.
5. Third step is cognitive dissonance.
extracurricular
/ˌɛkstɹəkɝˈɪkjəɫɝ/
adjectivenot included in the regular course of study at a college or school
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1. Also, more students had extracurriculars on their applications.
2. Other extracurriculars are far less important for your residency application.
3. Many strong applicants have common extracurriculars.
4. I loved my extracurricular activities.
5. All of my space interests were extracurricular.
intensive
/ˌɪnˈtɛnsɪv/
adjectiveinvolving a lot of effort, attention, and activity in a short period of time
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1. But intensive cultivation has its price.
2. So day 1 is intensive listening.
3. So day 1 is intensive listening.
4. The members of the Topos undergo intensive training inside an abandoned park in Mexico City.
5. Water is energy intensive.
literate
/ˈɫɪtɝət/
adjectivedescribing someone who can read and write
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1. - Are your feet getting more literate?
2. Are you financially literate?
3. At the end of the Civil War probably five percent, maybe seven percent to eight, of the American slaves were literate.
4. The German literate reversed this process with the profane French literature.
5. She never became literate.
prestigious
/pɝˈstidʒəs/, /pɹɛˈstɪdʒəs/
adjectivehaving a lot of respect, honor, and admiration in a particular field or society
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1. It's so prestigious.
2. Ultimately, the prestigious Caltech researcher has one goal above else.
3. It felt prestigious.
4. It's prestigious.
5. Mock trial is probably less prestigious than law review and moot court.
vocational
/voʊˈkeɪʃənəɫ/
adjectiveinvolving the necessary knowledge or skills for a certain occupation
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1. Vocational education is a big focus as well.
2. The vocational school switched to online lessons months ago.
3. We set up carpet-weaving units, vocational training for the women.
4. So you do vocational training, home education for those who cannot go to school.
5. Are your studies more vocational?
syllabus
/ˈsɪɫəbəs/
nounbooks and subjects that students should study in a school or college course
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1. You should post your syllabus.
2. A quick search for me turned up this sample syllabus here.
3. The syllabus is posted online.
4. The syllabus doesn't really say a whole lot.
5. What's the syllabus?
module
/ˈmɑdʒuɫ/
nouna unit of study within a course offered by a college or university, covering a specific topic or area of study
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1. The building block are these modules.
2. That module is magic.
3. Two legs, and an end panel complete the module.
4. Next up is module one.
5. Module five is the profitable webinar presentation.
algebra
/ˈæɫdʒəbɹə/
nouna branch of mathematics in which abstract letters and symbols represent numbers in order to generalize the arithmetic
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1. All right, you just failed algebra.
2. I took college algebra twice
3. Same idea, just algebra.
4. The algebra is easy.
5. Just like my high school algebra class.
arithmetic
/ˌɛɹɪθˈmɛtɪk/, /ɝˈɪθməˌtɪk/
nouna branch of mathematics that deals with addition, subtraction, multiplication, etc.
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1. So you do the arithmetic.
2. However, fancier processors, like those in your laptop or smartphone, have arithmetic units with dedicated circuits for multiplication.
3. You do the arithmetic.
4. It's just simple arithmetic.
5. I'm going to do the arithmetic really fast.
humanities
/hjuˈmænɪtiz/, /juˈmænɪtiz/
nounstudies that deal with people and their behavior such as language, philosophy, history, etc.
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1. I am the Faculty Director for the Humanities at the Radcliffe Institute.
2. I'm the Director of Humanities at the Radcliffe Institute.
3. The study of the Humanities is really a study of us as a culture.
4. Homi is the Anne F. Rothenberg Professor of the Humanities and director of the Mahindra Humanities Center at Harvard.
5. I am Associate Professor of Humanities and Cultural Studies at the University of South Florida.
residence hall
/ɹˈɛzɪdəns hˈɔːl/
nouna college or university building in which students can reside
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1. On February 20 2010, Jay left his downtown residence hall, which was located at the university center, at 525 South State Street in the South Loop area.
2. So I can't afford the $700 for the parking garage that's attached to my residence hall.
3. When William and Kate met at the University of St. Andrews, they reportedly lived in the same residence halls and attended some of the same classes.
theology
/θiˈɑɫədʒi/
nounthe study of religions and faiths
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1. It's theologies.
2. Some of this is theology.
3. He studied theology.
4. Paul gives a theology here of the remnant.
5. My theology is better than my grammar.
zoology
/zoʊˈɑɫədʒi/
nouna branch of science that deals with animals
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1. Want more Zoology?
2. And, zoology is the scientific study of animal biology and behavior.
3. -I studied zoology in college.
4. Zoology, the study of animals, zoo, a place where animals are kept.
5. And then, within zoology, I took the course or the discipline of entomology, the science of insects.
AWOL
/ˈeɪˌwɔɫ/
adjective(of a person) not attending a place one was supposed to or leaving an obligation without any notice or permission
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1. [SPEAKING RUSSIAN] SHANE SMITH: Jason's gone AWOL.
2. This is more like going AWOL.
3. Some however go AWOL with the intention to leave the military permanently.
4. You went AWOL to come back to this?
5. - Thanks for watching this week's episode of Really Dough, some good news, Scott's gone AWOL.
