Jargon

Words you do not quite understand, or perhaps do not understand at all, can be a major obstacle to learning.
In texts you will find two different kinds of language: jargon and abstract language.

Jargon

These are words you can often find described in your textbooks. Usually you can find pictures of what they mean, for example with a Google image search. For a word to be jargon it has to be used in a particular way within a particular field. Think of a word like “climate” in geography, or “set” in mathematics.

Abstract language

These are words there are no pictures of, so you have to ask your teacher, parents, other students, and so on, to give you as many examples as possible of the word being used. Examples of abstract language are words like “definition”, “relative”, and so on.

When you think you understand it well enough, make your own examples and ask whether they are correct.