VOCABULARY (TOPIC- STUDENT LIFE)

1. Curriculum: syllabus

2. Extra curricular: beyond the regular curriculum

3. Cocurricular: (other than academics) but complementing the main curriculum

4. Kindergarten: play school for kids

5. Dissertation: formal or written discourse for obtaining an advance degree

6. Studious: intellectual/ scholarly

7. Conduct: behaviour

8. Struggle: fight/to scuffle

9. Apprenticeship: a position of one working for an expert to learn a trade

10. Secondary education: education beyond the elementary grades

11. Tertiary: Coming third in position

12. Tutorial: a session of intensive instruction

13. Elective: not compulsory

14. Major: have as one's principle field of study

15. Minor: subject or a secondary field of academic concentration

16. Freelance: working for yourself

17. Aptitude: inherent ability

18. Dean: an administrator at a college or university

19. Applied science: the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems

20. Deadline: the final date by which a task must be completed

21. Scholarship: financial aid provided to a student on the basis of merit

22. Sideline: an auxiliary ( offering some assistance) activity

23. Intellectual : relating to knowledge

24. Field trip: a group excursion/ expedition

25. Collaboration: act of working jointly

26. Expertise: skillfulness by virtue of possessing special knowledge

27. Accreditation: giving power to perform specific tasks or duties

28. Acquisition: something bought or obtained

29. Contentious: controversial/ disputable

30. Notorious: infamous/ill-famed



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