restudying

Going over material

Restudying is studying something again, typically material previously learned but not fully retained or mastered: She spent the weekend restudying for the exam she'd failed.

The word implies return to familiar content rather than fresh learning.

cognition

memorization

Committing information to recall

understanding · relearning · reinforcement · absorption · recollection · knowledge · grasp · focus · concentration · repetition

academics

review

Critical written assessment

textbook · curriculum · syllabus · homework · lectures · seminar · tutoring · prerequisite · undergraduate · graduate

improvement

progress

Movement toward improvement

development · upgrade · gain · progression · strengthening · remediation · catching up · correction · clarification · deepening

Opposites
repetition vs. initial encounter

restudyingdiscovering

Finding what was hidden

first exposure · encountering · first reading · introduction

engagement vs. disengagement with material

restudyingabandoning

Leaving permanently behind

forgetting · neglecting · ignoring · dropping · leaving behind

Family

study, student, studied, studio, studying, students, studies, studious, unstudied

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