This week's theme: words related to teaching, learning, and schools. swot (swot) verb intr.
To study hard, especially for an examination. noun One who studies hard, especially to the exclusion of other interests. [Dialect variant of sweat.] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus: http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=swot -Anu Garg (garg wordsmith.org) "While many adolescent boys value underachievement almost as a badge of honour and intellectual boys are nervous of being derided as swots, the girls are getting on with their learning." Murdo Macleod; The Law Unto Themselves; The Scotsman (Edinburgh, Scotland); Aug 27, 2006. Sponsored by: A cure for brain flab! One brain-building, at-a-glance email a day helps keep unsightly ignorance away. http://knowledgenews.net/s?s=aw100506 Monthly French, German, Italian and Spanish cultural audio magazines for intermediate-to-advanced learners. http://web.champs-elysees.com/wsmith1 ............................................................................ Power always has to be kept in check; power exercised in secret, especially under the cloak of national security, is doubly dangerous. -William Proxmire, US senator, reformer (1915-2005) Everything you wanted to know about etymology but were afraid to ask. Join us in an online chat with Anatoly Liberman, author of "Word Origins", Oct 29, 2006, 7 pm Pacific (GMT -8) at http://wordsmith.org/chat Remove, change address, gift subs: http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscriber.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/swot.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/swot.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/swot.html This message was sent to "[email protected]".
