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  • a subject that is not compulsory (unlike core subjects)
    elective
  • (adj) a type of training that teaches you skills for a specific job, e.g., engineering, cooking
    vocational
  • Guess the idiom
    pass with flying colors
  • Guess the idiom
    as easy as pie/ a piece of cake
  • the branch of mathematics concerned with the properties and relations of points, lines, surfaces, solids, and higher dimensional analogs
    geometry
  • someone who reads a lot
    bookworm
  • What is this?
    stapler
  • someone who leaves school without finishing the degree
    dropout
  • taking someone else's work or ideas and pretending that it is your own
    plagiarism
  • the study of mathematical symbols and the rules for manipulating these symbols
    algebra
  • (adj) able to read and write
    literate
  • the branch of mathematics dealing with the relations of the sides and angles of triangles and with the relevant functions of any angles (e.g., sin, cos, tan)
    trigonometry
  • a way of learning by memorizing things based on repetition (without actually understanding it)
    rote learning
  • the break time between classes
    recess
  • an instrument for measuring angles
    protractor
  • Guess the idiom
    hit the books