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Grad, gress

Grad, gress. To step, walk. Degrade: to lower in grade, rank, or status; demote. degrade. degrade. When I failed the test, my “friend” degraded me by calling me stupido .

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Grad, gress

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  1. Grad, gress To step, walk

  2. Degrade: to lower in grade, rank, or status; demote

  3. degrade

  4. degrade • When I failed the test, my “friend” degraded me by calling me stupido. • After being falsely accused of sexual harassment, the colonel did not wish to degrade himself by commenting on the matter.

  5. Gradual-adj. moving by steps of degrees

  6. Gradual: adj. • Although I wanted to lose weight over night, but it was a gradual process taking much time.

  7. Retrograde: adj. moving backwards or opposite the usual directions.

  8. retrograde

  9. retrograde

  10. retrograde • Although I expected the watch would go forward, the dial went in a retrograde motion.

  11. Digress: v. to turn aside, especially from the main subject.

  12. digress • After the teacher lectured on Shakespeare, he digressed to an irrelevant talk on the evils of women.

  13. Transgression (n.) the act of breaking a limit, law, or command; a wrongdoing.

  14. transgression • Because of his transgressions with the law, he has been arrested and remanded to jail.

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