| aggrade | (verb) build up to a level by depositing sediment | - |
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| anterograde | (adjective) of amnesia; affecting time immediately following trauma | - |
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| biodegradable | (adjective) capable of being decomposed by e.g. bacteria | - |
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| biodegrade | (verb) break down naturally through the action of biological agents | - |
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| centigrade | (adjective) of or relating to a temperature scale on which the freezing point of water is 0 degrees and the boiling point of water is 100 degrees | - |
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| degradation | (noun) changing to a lower state (a less respected state) | Synonyms: debasement |
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| (noun) a low or downcast state | Synonyms: abasement, abjection |
| degrade | (verb) lower the grade of something; reduce its worth | Synonyms: cheapen |
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| (verb) reduce the level of land, as by erosion | - |
| (verb) reduce in worth or character, usually verbally | Synonyms: demean, disgrace, put down, take down |
| degraded | (adjective) unrestrained by convention or morality | Synonyms: debauched, degenerate, dissipated, dissolute, fast, libertine, profligate, riotous |
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| (adjective) lowered in value | Synonyms: debased, devalued |
| degrader | (noun) a person who lowers the quality or character or value (as by adding cheaper metal to coins) | Synonyms: debaser |
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| degrading | (adjective) used of conduct; characterized by dishonor | Synonyms: debasing |
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| (adjective) harmful to the mind or morals | Synonyms: corrupting |
| digitigrade | (adjective) (of mammals) walking on the toes with the posterior part of the foot raised (as cats, dogs, and horses do) | - |
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| (noun) an animal that walks so that only the toes touch the ground as e.g. dogs and cats and horses | Synonyms: digitigrade mammal |
| downgrade | (noun) the property possessed by a slope or surface that descends | - |
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| (verb) rate lower; lower in value or esteem | - |
| grad | (noun) a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university) | Synonyms: alum, graduate |
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| (noun) one-hundredth of a right angle | Synonyms: grade |
| gradable | (adjective) capable of being graded (for quality or rank or size etc.) | - |
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| gradate | (verb) pass imperceptibly from one degree, shade, or tone into another | - |
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| (verb) arrange according to grades | - |
| gradation | (noun) the act of arranging in grades | Synonyms: graduation |
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| (noun) a degree of ablaut | Synonyms: grade |
| (noun) relative position in a graded series | Synonyms: step |
| gradational | (adjective) taking place by degrees | Synonyms: gradatory, graduated |
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| gradatory | (adjective) taking place by degrees | Synonyms: gradational, graduated |
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| grade | (noun) a variety of cattle produced by crossbreeding with a superior breed | - |
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| (noun) a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality | Synonyms: degree, level |
| (noun) the gradient of a slope or road or other surface | - |
| (noun) the height of the ground on which something stands | Synonyms: ground level |
| (noun) a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance) | Synonyms: mark, score |
| (noun) a degree of ablaut | Synonyms: gradation |
| (noun) a body of students who are taught together | Synonyms: class, course, form |
| (noun) one-hundredth of a right angle | Synonyms: grad |
| (noun) a relative position or degree of value in a graded group | Synonyms: level, tier |
| (verb) determine the grade of or assign a grade to | - |
| (verb) assign a rank or rating to | Synonyms: order, place, range, rank, rate |
| (verb) assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation | Synonyms: mark, score |
| (verb) level to the right gradient | - |
| graded | (adjective) arranged in a sequence of grades or ranks | Synonyms: ranked, stratified |
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| grader | (noun) a judge who assigns grades to something | - |
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| gradient | (noun) the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal | Synonyms: slope |
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| (noun) a graded change in the magnitude of some physical quantity or dimension | - |
| grading | (noun) the act of arranging in a graduated series | Synonyms: scaling |
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| (noun) evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score | Synonyms: marking, scoring |
| (noun) changing the ground level to a smooth horizontal or gently sloping surface | Synonyms: leveling |
| gradual | (adjective) proceeding in small stages | - |
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| (adjective) (of a topographical gradient) not steep or abrupt | - |
| (noun) (Roman Catholic Church) an antiphon (usually from the Book of Psalms) immediately after the epistle at Mass | - |
| graduality | (noun) the quality of being gradual or of coming about by gradual stages | Synonyms: gradualness |
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| gradually | (adverb) in a gradual manner | Synonyms: bit by bit, step by step |
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| gradualness | (noun) the quality of being gradual or of coming about by gradual stages | Synonyms: graduality |
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| (noun) the property possessed by a slope that is very gradual | Synonyms: gentleness |
| graduate | (adjective) of or relating to studies beyond a bachelor's degree | Synonyms: postgraduate |
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| (noun) a measuring instrument for measuring fluid volume; a glass container (cup or cylinder or flask) whose sides are marked with or divided into amounts | - |
| (noun) a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university) | Synonyms: alum, grad |
| (verb) make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring | Synonyms: calibrate, fine-tune |
| (verb) receive an academic degree upon completion of one's studies; completion of a course or training | - |
| (verb) confer an academic degree upon | - |
| graduated | (adjective) marked with or divided into degrees | Synonyms: calibrated |
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| (adjective) taking place by degrees | Synonyms: gradational, gradatory |
| graduation | (noun) the act of arranging in grades | Synonyms: gradation |
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| (noun) the successful completion of a program of study | - |
| (noun) a line (as on a vessel or ruler) that marks a measurement | - |
| (noun) an academic exercise in which diplomas are conferred | Synonyms: commencement, commencement ceremony, commencement exercise, graduation exercise |
| paygrade | (noun) rank in a military organization | Synonyms: military rank, military rating, rating |
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| plantigrade | (adjective) (of mammals) walking on the whole sole of the foot (as rabbits, raccoons, bears, and humans do) | - |
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| (noun) an animal that walks with the entire sole of the foot touching the ground as e.g. bears and human beings | Synonyms: plantigrade mammal |
| postgraduate | (adjective) of or relating to studies beyond a bachelor's degree | Synonyms: graduate |
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| (noun) a student who continues studies after graduation | Synonyms: grad student, graduate student |
| retrograde | (adjective) of amnesia; affecting time immediately preceding trauma | - |
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| (adjective) moving from east to west on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in a direction opposite to that of the Earth | - |
| (adjective) going from better to worse | Synonyms: retrogressive |
| (adjective) moving or directed or tending in a backward direction or contrary to a previous direction | Synonyms: retral |
| (verb) get worse or fall back to a previous condition | Synonyms: regress, retrogress |
| (verb) go back over | Synonyms: hash over, rehash |
| (verb) move back | Synonyms: retreat |
| (verb) move in a direction contrary to the usual one | - |
| (verb) move backward in an orbit, of celestial bodies | - |
| tardigrade | (noun) an arthropod of the division Tardigrada | - |
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| undergrad | (noun) a university student who has not yet received a first degree | Synonyms: undergraduate |
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| undergraduate | (noun) a university student who has not yet received a first degree | Synonyms: undergrad |
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| ungraded | (adjective) not arranged in order hierarchically | Synonyms: unordered, unranked |
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| (adjective) (of roads) not leveled or drained; unsuitable for all year travel | Synonyms: dirt |
| upgrade | (noun) the act of improving something (especially machinery) by raising it to a higher grade (as by adding or replacing components) | - |
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| (noun) hardware that provides better performance than an earlier version did | - |
| (noun) the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises | Synonyms: rise, rising slope |
| (noun) a reservation that is improved | - |
| (noun) software that provides better performance than an earlier version did | - |
| (noun) an upward slope or grade (as in a road) | Synonyms: acclivity, ascent, climb, raise, rise |
| (verb) to improve what was old or outdated | - |
| (verb) give better travel conditions to | - |
| (verb) get better travel conditions | - |
| (verb) rate higher; raise in value or esteem | - |
| (verb) give a promotion to or assign to a higher position | Synonyms: advance, elevate, kick upstairs, promote, raise |