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level: Level 1 of Education

Questions and Answers List

level questions: Level 1 of Education

Question	Answer
a very deep hole that seems to have no bottom	ABYSS
the process of gradually learning something or gaining something such as a skill	ACQUISITION
used to say that a person has many different types of skills and abilities	ALL-ROUND
(an example of) the fact of something having more than one possible meaning and therefore possibly causing confusion	AMBIGUITY
wrong, not suitable, or not as expected	AMISS
strong dislike, opposition, or anger	ANIMOSITY
the act of judging or deciding the amount, value, quality, or importance of something, or the judgment or decision that is made	ASSESSMENT
possible to achieve	ATTAINABLE
relating to someone learning bythemselves, rather than being taught by a teacher	AUTODIDACTIC
a small area of ink made by mistake	BLOT
noisy, energetic, and rough	BOISTEROUS
an act of breaking a law, promise, agreement, or relationship	BREACH
causing great damage or suffering	CALAMITOUS
a serious accident or bad event causing damage or suffering	CALAMITY
the area served by a school	CATCHMENT AREA
If something is compulsory, you must do it because of a rule or law	COMPULSORY
the basic and most important part of something	CORE
a place where young children are cared for during the day while their parents do something else, especially work, study, or shop	CRÈCHE
someone who has done something wrong	CULPRIT
to examine something carefully in order to discover more information about someone or something	DELVE INTO STH
something that has no use or no value	DROSS
believing that all people are equally important and should have the same rights and opportunities in life	EGALITARIAN
a subject that someone chooses to study, in addition to the subjects that they have to study as part of a course	ELECTIVE
to include different types of things	ENCOMPASS
to suffer something difficult, unpleasant, or painful	ENDURE
to put yourself or someone else onto the official list of members of a course, college, or group	ENROLL
the state of having or containing a lot of knowledge that is known by few people	ERUDITION
a student in the first year of high school, college, or university	FRESHMAN
to develop or make progress in something	FURTHER
a small animal, similar to a mouse with long back legs, that is often kept as a pet	GERBIL
If someone's face is impassive, it expresses no emotion, because the person seems not to be affected by the situation they are experiencing.	IMPASSIVE
lack of interest in someone or something	INDIFFERENCE
unable to be separated, released, or escaped from	INEXTRICABLE
If two or more things are inseparable, they are so closely connected that they cannot be considered separately	INSEPARABLE
to give someone so much work or so many things that they cannot deal with it all	INUNDATE
a student in the third year of a course that lasts for four years at a school or college	JUNIOR
to cause a fire to start burning by lighting paper, wood, etc.	KINDLE
a bag carried on the back or over the shoulder, used especially by people who go walking or climbing for carrying food, clothes, etc.	KNAPSACK
sadness and feeling sorry, or something that expresses these feelings	LAMONTATION
a piece of rope, chain, etc. tied to an animal, especially to a dog at its collar when taking it for a walk	LEASH
a formal talk on a serious subject given to a group of people, especially students	LECTURE
to make progress or get closer to achieving something	MAKE HEADWAY
the process of formally becoming a student at a university or college, or the ceremony at which this happens	MATRICULATION
often getting involved in situations where you are not wanted, especially by criticizing in a damaging or annoying way	MEDDLESOME
to try to change or influence someone	MOULD
how well a person, machine, etc. does a piece of work or an activity	PERFORMANCE
to spread through something and be present in every part of it	PERMEATE
a serious or formal promise, especially one to give money or to be a friend, or something that you give as a sign that you will keep a promise	PLEDGE
very well known and important	PROMINENT
parent-teacher association	PTA
to follow someone or something, usually to try to catch him, her, or it	PURSUE
an uncomfortable feeling when you doubt if you are doing the right thing	QUALM
to keep or continue to have something	RETAIN
a serious disagreement that separates two people who have been friends and stops their friendship continuing	RIFT
a long, thin pole made of wood or metal	ROD
noisy and possibly violent	ROWDY
Standard Assessment Task: a test taken by children in England and Wales at various ages to find out the level of the National Curriculum that they have reached:	SAT
to rub something hard in order to clean it, especially using a stiff brush, soap, and water	SCRUB
an occasion when a teacher or expert and a group of people meet to study and discuss something	SEMINAR
a student in their final year of high school or university	SENIOR
done or made in a hurried and careless way	SLAPDASH
untidy and dirty	SLOVENLY
a student studying in the second year of a course at a US college or high school (= a school for students aged 15 to 18)	SOPHOMORE
to waste money or supplies, or to waste opportunities by not using them to your advantage	SQUANDER
to pay part of the cost of something	SUBSIDIZE
strange or mysterious, often in a way that is slightly frightening	UNCANNY
Unruly people are difficult to control and often do not obey rules	UNRULY
a school where students learn skills that involve working with their hands	VOCATIONAL SCHOOL
to become weaker in strength or influence	WANE
great tiredness	WEARINESS