retest

Second laboratory attempt

To retest is to test again, typically after a previous test was failed, inconclusive, or potentially flawed: Students who fail can retest next week, The lab will retest the sample.

As a noun, a retest is an instance of testing again: She passed on the retest.

academic

exam

Formal knowledge assessment

makeup · proctor · grading · scoring · pass · fail · anxiety · preparation · study · cramming

improvement

retry

Attempt something again

refinement · persistence · repetition · drill · mastery · learning · feedback · correction · adjustment · optimization

verification

confirmation

Establishing something as true

inspection · screening · calibration · accuracy · reliability · diagnosis · measurement · analysis · benchmark · standards

medical

screening

Evaluative selection process

lab · diagnosis · checkup · results · negative · positive · inconclusive · specimen · recurrence · monitoring

Categories
Opposites
sequence/ordinality

retestpretest

Assessment before instruction

baseline test · initial assessment · first attempt · preliminary test · pilot test

action vs. inaction

retestfinalize

Settle decisively

certify · pass · approve

Family

retesting, retested, retests, pretest, pretesting, pretests, pretested

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