UNIT 11: Contrasts

Association (noun) Campus (noun)

▫ A group of people who work ▫ The buildings of a college or

together in a single organization university and the land that
for a particular purpose. surrounds them.

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 Degree (noun) Dorm (noun)

▫ An amount or level of something. ▫ A large room containing many

beds, for example in a boarding
school.

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 Facilities (noun) Faculty (noun)

▫ A place, especially including ▫ A natural ability to hear, see,

buildings, where a particular
activity happens.
think, move, etc.
▫ The people who teach in a
university, college, or US high
school, or in one of its
departments.

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 Freshman (noun) Grade (noun)

▫ A student in the first year of high ▫ A level of quality, size,

school, college, or university. importance, etc.

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 Major (noun) Professor (noun)

▫ An officer or middle rank in the ▫ A teacher of the highest rank in

armed forces. a department of a university or
▫ The most important subject that a a teacher of high rank.
college or university student is
studying, or the student himself or
herself.

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 Semester (noun) Society (noun)

▫ One of the periods into which a ▫ A large group of people who

year is divided at a college or live together in an organized
university. way, making decisions about
how to do things and sharing
the work that needs to be done.

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 Undergraduate (noun) Snake oil (noun)

▫ A student who is studying for their ▫ A substance with no real

first degree at a college or medicinal value sold as a
university. remedy for all diseases.
▫ A product, policy, etc. of little
real worth or value that is
promoted as the solution to a
problem.

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 Extracurricular (adjective) Embrace (noun)

▫ It is not a part of the usual school ▫ The act of holding someone

or college course. tightly with both arms to
express love, liking, or
sympathy, or when greeting or
leaving someone.

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 Automate (verb) Banter (noun)

▫ To convert a process or facility to ▫ The playful and friendly

largely automatic operation. exchange of teasing remarks.

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 Buzz (noun)

▫ A continuous, low sound.

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