Term: preliminary examination: an examination taken by graduate students to determine their fitness to continue
Candidate hypernym: act: something that people do or cause to happen → 1
Candidate hypernym: promise: grounds for feeling hopeful about the future → 0
Candidate hypernym: cantabrigian: a resident of Cambridge → 0
Candidate hypernym: noncandidate: someone who has announced they are not a candidate; especially a politician who has announced that he or she is not a candidate for some political office → 0
Candidate hypernym: cabinetmaking: the craft of a joiner → 0
Candidate hypernym: chinese angelica: similar to American angelica tree but less prickly; China → 0
Candidate hypernym: occupation license: a license to pursue a particular occupation → 0
Candidate hypernym: instructress: a woman instructor → 0
Candidate hypernym: whistle blower: an informant who exposes wrongdoing within an organization in the hope of stopping it → 0
Candidate hypernym: oscillatoriaceae: blue green algae → 0
Candidate hypernym: hollyhock: any of various tall plants of the genus Alcea; native to the Middle East but widely naturalized and cultivated for its very large variously colored flowers → 0