Grad Gres

Word Roots: Grad, gres

Grad and gres come from the Latin word for "step" and often form the base of words. Words with this word root have to do with going from one level to the next, step by step.

Progressive: 1 (adjective) continuing to change in stages.  The banker’s progressive disease continued to worsen. 2 (adjective) using or interested in new or modern ideas.  The politician’s progressive ideas excited voters.

​Regress: (verb) to go backward, to return to an earlier and usually less-developed condition. He was starting to do better with turning work in on time, but then he regressed and had a lot of missing assignments.

Multiple Choice

Which word means to go back to an earlier condition?

• Egress

• Aggressive

• Regress

• Progressive

​Graduate: (verb) to earn a degree or diploma from a school, college, or university; to move from one level to a higher level.  Most seniors choose which college they want to attend before they graduate.

Gradual: (adjective) changing or proceeding in small amounts; happening slowly over a period of time.  I prefer a gradual increase in homework over a sudden increase.

Degrade: 1 (verb) to treat someone poorly, without respect.  It was wrong for the teacher to degrade the student. 2 (verb) to make the quality of something worse.  Building an oil refinery might degrade the air quality.

Match

Match the following

• Degrade

• Gradual

• Graduate

• Progressive

• Regress

to treat someone poorly

changing in small ways over time

Earn a degree or diploma from a school

Continuing to change in stages

To go back to an earlier condition

• to treat someone poorly

• changing in small ways over time

• Earn a degree or diploma from a school

• Continuing to change in stages

• To go back to an earlier condition

Draw

Draw: Gradute