study intensively, as before an exam
the competitor who finishes second
tense with excitement and enthusiasm as from a rush of adrenaline
an arm exercise performed by pulling yourself up on a horizontal bar until your chin is level with the bar
an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious
spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
raise
getting higher or more vigorous
