admission
/ædˈmɪʃən/, /ədˈmɪʃən/
noun
the permission given to someone to become a student of a school, enter an organization, etc.
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1In 2018, 62% of AMC's total revenue came from admissions.
2I would defer admission.
3- Early admissions is right.
4Hospital admissions soared.
5An admission department admits patients.
attendance
/əˈtɛndəns/
noun
the state of being present at an event or a place
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1That attendance was up.
2Our next guest may have perfect attendance.
3I take attendance.
4Attendance is important.
5- Attendance hall pass.
detention
/dɪˈtɛnʃən/
noun
a 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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1It permits indefinite detention.
2The first day of first grade, he got detention.
3- Detention officers escort them back to the adjacent open air Tent City.
4Children are in detention.
5but detention sure is!
principal
/ˈpɹɪnsəpəɫ/
noun
a teacher who is the head of a school
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1Only $410 of it is principal.
2The 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.
5Same principal really applies.
educator
/ˈɛdʒəˌkeɪtɝ/, /ˈɛdʒjuˌkeɪtɝ/
noun
someone whose job is to teach people
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1The educator can also modify HAL's responses on the fly.
2"The educators must be educated."
3We're educators.
4Deaf educators just teach in sign.
5The comic books, the educators overlooked something.
janitor
/ˈdʒænətɝ/
noun
someone whose job is cleaning and taking care of a school or other building
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1He got the janitor.
2Janitors have been keeping an eye on the situation.
3The janitor was right outside actually
4The janitor makes the diagnosis, "The Fugitive."
5Most janitors work full time.
chair
/ˈtʃɛɹ/
noun
the position that a university professor has
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1Throw chairs from at least six feet.
2Picking up chairs?
3Chair burn.
4Folding chairs.
5So do chairs.
dropout
/ˈdɹɑˌpaʊt/
noun
someone who leaves school or college before finishing their studies
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1Dropout is the new premium ad free and uncensored platform from College Humor.
2- Go to Dropout.
3TV, go to Dropout.
4Go to Dropout.
5Dropout is the new premium ad-free and uncensored comedy platform from college humor.
scholar
/ˈskɑɫɝ/
noun
someone who has a lot of knowledge about a particular subject, especially in the humanities
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1Media scholars refer to this skill as media literacy.
2In this regard, scholars only have ideas and speculations.
3Scholars, too, questioned the wisdom of this cyber libertarianism.
4And 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.
5Scholars still debate the equipment of Philip’s pezhetairoi.
truant
/ˈtɹuənt/
noun
a student who does not have permission for not attending school
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1And she was chronically truant because her mother was a heroin addict and could not get her to school.
2It’s at the zoo where one day a truant officer sees him.
3Later, after running from the clutches of truant officers, Oswald and his mother return to New Orleans.
4Eagles from the nearby Portland Air National Guard base in a bid to intercept the truant plane.
5and I'm the truant officer, did you know that?
to confer
/kənˈfɝ/
verb
to give an official degree, title, right, etc. to someone
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1And well-deserved hoots and hugs and hollers and high-fives as your degree is actually conferred.
2The context really does confer meaning.
3Again, birth alone does not confer on you citizenship of any particular country.
4He's conferring on them an equality rather than a hierarchical ordering of the two luminaries, the sun and the moon.
5A symbol of royalty in ancient Rome, China, and Egypt, a necktie has always conferred status of some kind.
to expel
/ɪkˈspɛɫ/
verb
to formally forbid someone from going to school or an organization
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1It's expelled 10 Russian diplomats.
2100 diplomats were expelled from Europe and the United States.
3On the next day, your body may expel naturally the bothersome stones.
4A healthy body can expel a piece of gum in a few days.
5It expels drugs, pollutants, steroids, and bile acids out of your body.
to skip
/ˈskɪp/
verb
not to do an activity on purpose, one that someone usually does
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1Skip the steps.
2My heart just skipped a beat!
3Skip the grocery store.
4Skip the Dishes.
5Purple light means skip.
to flag
/ˈfɫæɡ/
verb
to put or draw a mark on something in order to make it more noticeable
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1But flags had an even more important purpose in battle.
2Groups like the United Nations, the Red Cross, and the European Union all have flags.
3Countries, states, cities, and even some small people groups have flags.
4Flags can also tell a part of the history of a country or group.
5Bailey loves flags.
dissertation
/ˌdɪsɝˈteɪʃən/
noun
a long piece of writing on a particular subject that a university student presents in order to get an advanced degree
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1He wrote a dissertation.
2Dissertations have been written on very topic.
3And my dissertation is on the under-representation of black women in Congress.
4my dissertation was on micro-programming.
5His dissertation title is this-- Contributions to Law and Empirical Methods.
doctorate
/ˈdɑktɝət/
noun
the highest degree given by a university
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1- You have a doctorate.
2Ma Ying-jeou got his doctorate here.
3Also receiving a doctorate of philosophy-- Dr. David James Cote.
4I have a doctorate.
5I got a doctorate.
field day
/fˈiːld dˈeɪ/
noun
a day on which no classes are held and students take part in sports games
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1Recently, the YouTube channel Field Day gave us the oppotunity to make something different: a short video about Game of Thrones.
field trip
/fˈiːld tɹˈɪp/
noun
a trip made by researchers or students to learn more about something by being close to it
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1My dad was on a field trip.
2A 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/
noun
a test that must be passed in the US by students who want to continue their education after their first degree
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1Take the GRE.
2Jean We ve a gre questn from Che.
3Are you studying for the GRE?
4And our admissions decisions do not revolve around GMATs and GRE.
5Also a lot more people take the GRE for every, whatever random master's degree out there.
sat
/ˈsæt/
noun
a test that high school students take before college or university in the US
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1Take the SATs.
2All right, Sat. Make a pull.
3Sat, you smell death.
4- Sat, as you're looking around.
5Mega four kids said my SATs in six years.
cognitive
/ˈkɑɡnɪtɪv/
adjective
involving the processes of learning and recognition
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1Psychologists study cognitive performance.
2What we call behavior is the cognitive inhibition on a biochemical drive.
3Cognitive distortion is a concept from Cognitive Behavior Therapy perspective.
4A whole range of professions now make cognitive demands.
5Third step is cognitive dissonance.
extracurricular
/ˌɛkstɹəkɝˈɪkjəɫɝ/
adjective
not included in the regular course of study at a college or school
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1Also, more students had extracurriculars on their applications.
2Other extracurriculars are far less important for your residency application.
3Many strong applicants have common extracurriculars.
4I loved my extracurricular activities.
5All of my space interests were extracurricular.
intensive
/ˌɪnˈtɛnsɪv/
adjective
involving a lot of effort, attention, and activity in a short period of time
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1But intensive cultivation has its price.
2So day 1 is intensive listening.
3So day 1 is intensive listening.
4The members of the Topos undergo intensive training inside an abandoned park in Mexico City.
5Water is energy intensive.
literate
/ˈɫɪtɝət/
adjective
describing someone who can read and write
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1- Are your feet getting more literate?
2Are you financially literate?
3At the end of the Civil War probably five percent, maybe seven percent to eight, of the American slaves were literate.
4The German literate reversed this process with the profane French literature.
5She never became literate.
prestigious
/pɝˈstidʒəs/, /pɹɛˈstɪdʒəs/
adjective
having a lot of respect, honor, and admiration in a particular field or society
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1It's so prestigious.
2Ultimately, the prestigious Caltech researcher has one goal above else.
3It felt prestigious.
4It's prestigious.
5Mock trial is probably less prestigious than law review and moot court.
vocational
/voʊˈkeɪʃənəɫ/
adjective
involving the necessary knowledge or skills for a certain occupation
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1Vocational education is a big focus as well.
2The vocational school switched to online lessons months ago.
3We set up carpet-weaving units, vocational training for the women.
4So you do vocational training, home education for those who cannot go to school.
5Are your studies more vocational?
syllabus
/ˈsɪɫəbəs/
noun
books and subjects that students should study in a school or college course
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1You should post your syllabus.
2A quick search for me turned up this sample syllabus here.
3The syllabus is posted online.
4The syllabus doesn't really say a whole lot.
5What's the syllabus?
module
/ˈmɑdʒuɫ/
noun
a unit of study within a course offered by a college or university, covering a specific topic or area of study
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1The building block are these modules.
2That module is magic.
3Two legs, and an end panel complete the module.
4Next up is module one.
5Module five is the profitable webinar presentation.
algebra
/ˈæɫdʒəbɹə/
noun
a branch of mathematics in which abstract letters and symbols represent numbers in order to generalize the arithmetic
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1All right, you just failed algebra.
2I took college algebra twice
3Same idea, just algebra.
4The algebra is easy.
5Just like my high school algebra class.
arithmetic
/ˌɛɹɪθˈmɛtɪk/, /ɝˈɪθməˌtɪk/
noun
a branch of mathematics that deals with addition, subtraction, multiplication, etc.
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1So you do the arithmetic.
2However, fancier processors, like those in your laptop or smartphone, have arithmetic units with dedicated circuits for multiplication.
3You do the arithmetic.
4It's just simple arithmetic.
5I'm going to do the arithmetic really fast.
humanities
/hjuˈmænɪtiz/, /juˈmænɪtiz/
noun
studies that deal with people and their behavior such as language, philosophy, history, etc.
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1I am the Faculty Director for the Humanities at the Radcliffe Institute.
2I'm the Director of Humanities at the Radcliffe Institute.
3The study of the Humanities is really a study of us as a culture.
4Homi is the Anne F. Rothenberg Professor of the Humanities and director of the Mahindra Humanities Center at Harvard.
5I am Associate Professor of Humanities and Cultural Studies at the University of South Florida.
residence hall
/ɹˈɛzɪdəns hˈɔːl/
noun
a college or university building in which students can reside
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1On 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.
2So I can't afford the $700 for the parking garage that's attached to my residence hall.
3When 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/
noun
the study of religions and faiths
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1It's theologies.
2Some of this is theology.
3He studied theology.
4Paul gives a theology here of the remnant.
5My theology is better than my grammar.
zoology
/zoʊˈɑɫədʒi/
noun
a branch of science that deals with animals
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1Want more Zoology?
2And, zoology is the scientific study of animal biology and behavior.
3-I studied zoology in college.
4Zoology, the study of animals, zoo, a place where animals are kept.
5And 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.
2This is more like going AWOL.
3Some however go AWOL with the intention to leave the military permanently.
4You 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.

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