1. (

• swot ,
• grind ,
• nerd ,
• wonk ,
• dweeb

) an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious ;

1. (

• cram ,
• grind_away ,
• drum ,
• bone_up ,
• swot ,
• get_up ,
• mug_up ,
• swot_up ,
• bone

) study intensively, as before an exam; "I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam" ;