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Meaning of pensum | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

A task or imposition set as a school punishment.

dated

Equivalents

Français pensum

Examples

“You invent nothing, you think you are inventing, you think you are escaping, and all you do is stammer out your lesson, the remnants of a pensum one day got by heart and long forgotten, life without tears, as it wept.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

Pensylvania Pent pent roof pent-house pent-up PENTA

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