Learn English – What do you call a student who studies extra at home to become proficient

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What is the British English term for someone (a student) who goes home after classes and practices the lesson learned that day, or becomes proficient in the lesson taught? It is not a positive reference but a negative name-calling term.

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In the negative sense, a swot.

swot
British informal; derogatory
A person who studies very hard.

  • The unloved school swots of the 20th century have blossomed into the alpha group of the 21st.
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Swotting up is really just like revising for exams but being a bit of a swot has the connotation of being always in a book, always working, never giving thought to 'lesser' activities.

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