Academic Life vocabulary

Academic Life vocabulary examples

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• campus

  noun

  The grounds or property of a school, college, university, business, church, or hospital, often understood to include buildings and other structures.

• lecture

  noun

  A class that primarily consists of a (weekly or other regularly held) lecture (as in sense 1), usually at college or university.

• semester

  noun

  Half of a school year (US) or academic year such as autumn or spring semester.

• seminar

  verb

  To participate in or lead a seminar.

• university

  noun

  An institution of higher education that provides facilities for teaching, research, and the conferral of academic degrees across undergraduate, graduate, and often professional levels.