End of School Vocabulary

Words

Definitions

1. academic

relating to schooling.

2. assessment

to measure or evaluate an individuals achievement.

3. assembly

a number of persons who have gathered together.

4. culmination

to come to completion.

5. college

an institution of higher learning.

6. commencement

the act of bringing to a close.

7. differentiate

to change or alter.

8. examination

the process of testing students.

9. graduation

the ceremony of conferring degrees or diplomas.

10. memento

an object that serves as a reminder of a past event.

11. matriculate

to enroll in a college or university as a candidate for a degree.

12. obligation

something by which a person is bound to do specific things.

13. salutatorian

the title given to the second highest ranking student of an entire class body.

14. tassel

a decorative symbolic rope worn on a cap.

15. valedictorian

the title given to highest ranking student of an entire class body.