An academic publication.
A room in a house intended for reading and writing; traditionally the private room of the male head of household.
The human face, bearing an expression which the observer finds amusingly typical of a particular emotion or state of mind.
Mental effort to acquire knowledge or learning.
Any particular branch of learning that is studied; any object of attentive consideration.
An endgame problem composed for artistic merit, where one side is to play for a win or for a draw.
An artwork made in order to practise or demonstrate a subject or technique.
A piece for special practice; an étude.
The act of studying or examining; examination.
One who commits a theatrical part to memory.
To endeavor diligently; to be zealous.
To acquire knowledge on a subject with the intention of applying it in practice.
To look at minutely.
To review materials already learned in order to make sure one does not forget them, usually in preparation for an examination.
To take a course or courses on a subject.
To fix the mind closely upon a subject; to dwell upon anything in thought; to muse; to ponder.
A lengthy essay written to establish the validity of a thesis (sense 1.1), especially one submitted in order to complete the requirements for a non-doctoral degree in the US and a doctoral degree in the UK; a dissertation.
In the dialectical method of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel: the initial stage of reasoning where a formal statement of a point is developed; this is followed by antithesis and synthesis.
A depression of the voice when pronouncing a syllables of a word; hence, the unstressed part of the metrical foot of a verse upon which such a depression falls, or an unaccented musical note.
The action of lowering the hand or bringing down the foot when indicating a rhythm; hence, an accented part of a measure of music or verse indicated by this action; an ictus, a stress.
A proposition or statement supported by arguments.
An affirmation, or distinction from a supposition or hypothesis.
A conjecture, especially one too vague to be formally stated or verified but useful as a working convention.