Vocabulary 21

(1) to treat something or someone poorly and without respect (2) to make the quality of something worse

• degrade
• gradual
• graduate

moving or changing in small amounts; happening in a slow way over a long period of time

• gradual
• graduate
• degrade

to earn a degree or diploma from a school, college, or university; to move from one level to a higher level

• graduate
• gradual
• degrade

moving forward; using or interested in new or modern ideas

• progressive
• regress
• gradual

to return to an earlier and usually worse or less-developed condition or state

• regress
• progressive
• degrade

having good or pleasing qualities; worth having or getting

• desirable
• vulnerable
• flexible

easily hurt or harmed physically, mentally, or emotionally; open to attack,harm, or damage

• vulnerable
• desirable
• reversible

able to be seen; easily seen or understood; known to or noticed by the public

• visible
• reversible
• flexible

capable of bending or being bent; easily changed; willing to change or try different things

• flexible
• desirable
• vulnerable

able to be changed back to an earlier or original state; able to be stopped and not causing permanent damage or changes; having two sides that can be used

• reversible
• flexible
• desirable