Group 2: Teachers, Degrees, and Campus#

Theme: A new university student attends orientation and learns about college life.

campus /ˈkæmpəs/ noun

1. A campus is an area of land that contains the main buildings of a university or college.

coed /ˈkəʊed/ adjective noun

1. A coed school or activity is one that includes both male and female students.
2. In the United States, a coed is an informal word for a female student at a college or university that admits both men and women.

prestige /preˈstiːʒ/ noun

1. If a person, an institution, or an activity has prestige, they are admired and respected because of their success, high quality, or important position.

reputation /ˌrepjʊˈteɪʃən/ noun

1. To have a reputation for something means to be known or remembered for it by many people.
2. A person’s or organisation’s reputation is the opinion that people have about how good or bad they are.

matriculation /məˌtrɪkjuˈleɪʃn/ noun

1. Matriculation is the formal process of becoming a student at a university or college.

fresher /ˈfreʃə/ noun

1. A fresher is a student who has just started their first year at a university or college.

enrol /ɪnˈrəʊl/ verb

1. If you enrol at a school or college, or enrol on a course, you officially join it by putting your name on a list.

register /ˈredʒɪstə/ verb noun

1. If you register, you put your name on an official list, for example in order to vote, study, or stay at a hotel.
2. A register is an official list of names, items, or events, or a book containing such a list.

assistant /əˈsɪstənt/ noun

1. An assistant is a person who helps someone else in their work.

roster /ˈrɒstə/ noun

1. A roster is a list of people’s names, often showing the duties they have to do and when they have to do them.

permit /ˈpɜːmɪt/ noun

1. A permit is an official document that gives you permission to do something, go somewhere, or own something.

orientation /ˌɔːriənˈteɪʃn/ noun

1. Orientation is training or information that is given to people who are starting a new job, course, or school to help them get used to it.
2. The orientation of an object or building is the direction in which it points or faces.

platform /ˈplætfɔːm/ noun

1. A platform is a flat, raised structure on which someone stands to speak, perform, or give a lecture.
2. A platform is a type of computer system, software, or service that allows other programs to run or allows people to share information.

principal /ˈprɪnsəpəl/ noun adjective

1. The principal of a school or college is the person in charge of it.
2. Principal means first in order of importance.

dean /diːn/ noun

1. In a university or college, a dean is a high-ranking official who is in charge of a faculty or department.

faculty /ˈfækəlti/ noun

1. A faculty is a group of related departments in a university, or the people who teach in them.

eminent /ˈemɪnənt/ adjective

1. An eminent person is well-known and respected, especially because they are very good at their profession.

professor /prəˈfesə/ noun

1. A professor is a teacher of the highest rank in a university department.

scientist /ˈsaɪəntɪst/ noun

1. A scientist is someone who has studied science and whose job involves doing scientific research.

scholar /ˈskɒlə/ noun

1. A scholar is a person who has studied a subject in great detail and knows a lot about it.

headmaster /ˌhedˈmɑːstə/ noun

1. A headmaster is a male teacher who is in charge of a school.

esteem /ɪˈstiːm/ verb

1. If you esteem someone, you respect and admire them very much.

respect /rɪˈspekt/ noun verb

1. Respect is a feeling of admiration that you have for someone because of their qualities or achievements.
2. If you respect someone, you have a high opinion of them and admire them.

lecturer /ˈlektʃərə/ noun

1. A lecturer is a teacher at a university or college.

tutor /ˈtjuːtə/ noun

1. A tutor is a teacher who teaches one student or a very small group of students.
2. In British universities, a tutor is a teacher who is responsible for directing the studies of a group of students.

mentor /ˈmentɔː/ noun

1. A mentor is an experienced person who gives help and advice to a younger or less experienced person over a period of time.

senior /ˈsiːniə/ noun adjective

1. In the United States, a senior is a student in their final year of high school or university.
2. Someone who is senior has a higher rank or more important position than other people in an organization, or is older than them.

sophomore /ˈsɒfəmɔː/ noun

1. A sophomore is a student in their second year of study at a high school or university in the US.

junior /ˈdʒuːniə/ noun adjective

1. A junior is a student in their third year of high school or university in the US.
2. Junior is used to describe someone who has a lower position or rank in an organization than other people.

diligent /ˈdɪlɪdʒənt/ adjective

1. Someone who is diligent works hard and is careful and thorough in what they do.

painstaking /ˈpeɪnzteɪkɪŋ/ adjective

1. A painstaking search or process is done with great care, thoroughness, and effort.

notorious /nəʊˈtɔːriəs/ adjective

1. To be notorious for something means to be well-known because of something bad.

scheme /skiːm/ noun verb

1. A scheme is a plan or arrangement for achieving a particular purpose, often one that is dishonest or secret.
2. If you scheme, you make clever, secret plans to achieve something, often by deceiving other people.

skill /skɪl/ noun

1. Skill is the knowledge and ability that enables you to do something well.

approach /əˈprəʊtʃ/ noun verb

1. Your approach to a task or problem is the particular way that you deal with it.
2. When you approach a place or person, you move closer to them.

pupil /ˈpjuːpl/ noun

1. A pupil is a child or young person who is being taught in a school.
2. The pupil of your eye is the small, round, black hole in the centre of your iris.

qualify /ˈkwɒlɪfaɪ/ verb

1. If you qualify for something or if something qualifies you to do it, you have the right to do it or have it, usually because you have met certain conditions.

candidate /ˈkændɪdət/ noun

1. A candidate is someone who is being considered for a job, an elected position, or an award.
2. A candidate is a person who is taking an examination.

certify /ˈsɜːtɪfaɪ/ verb

1. If you certify that something is true, you state officially that it is true, usually in writing.
2. If someone is certified as having a particular skill, they are officially recognized as having that skill by being given a certificate.

bachelor /ˈbætʃələ/ noun

1. A bachelor is a man who has never been married.
2. A bachelor is a person who holds a bachelor’s degree from a university or college.

master /ˈmɑːstə/ noun verb

1. A master is someone who is extremely skilled at doing something.
2. If you master a subject or a skill, you learn it so thoroughly that you can use or do it very well.

doctor /ˈdɒktə/ noun

1. A doctor is someone who is qualified in medicine and treats people who are ill or injured.
2. A doctor is someone who has been awarded the highest academic degree by a university.

license /ˈlaɪsəns/ noun

1. A license is an official document that gives you permission to do, use, or own something.

degree /dɪˈɡriː/ noun

1. A degree is a qualification given to you by a university or college after you have passed an examination.
2. You use degree to refer to the amount or extent of something.

alumni /əˈlʌmnaɪ/ noun

1. The alumni of a school, college, or university are the people who used to be students there.

graduate /ˈɡrædʒuət/ noun verb

1. A graduate is a person who has successfully completed a degree at a university or college.
2. When a student graduates, they successfully complete their degree course.

ambassador /æmˈbæsədə/ noun

1. An ambassador is an important official who represents their government in a foreign country.

diplomat /ˈdɪpləmæt/ noun

1. A diplomat is a senior official who represents their country’s government in a foreign country.
2. You can refer to someone who is tactful and good at dealing with people as a diplomat.

ceremony /ˈserɪməni/ noun

1. A ceremony is a formal event such as a wedding, funeral, or graduation, which involves traditional customs.
2. Ceremony consists of traditional formal behaviour and actions which are used on important occasions.

diploma /dɪˈpləʊmə/ noun

1. A diploma is a qualification that you receive when you have successfully completed a course of study.