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n. the signature of a famous person.

• degrade

• autograph

• paragraph

• telegraph

n. a shiny, black substance that is used in pencils.

• graphite

• gradual

• graffiti

• autograph

v. (1) to treat something or someone poorly and without respect. It was inappropriate for the teacher to degrade the student. (2) to make the quality of something worse

• telegraph

• graduate

• degrade

• regress

n. a part of a piece of writing that deals with a one subject, begins on a new line, and is made up of one or more sentences.

• autograph

• progressive

• telegraph

• paragraph

n. an outdated system of sending messages over long distances by using wires and electrical signals.

• telegraph

• paragraph

• autograph

• graffiti

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

• gradual

• graduate

• degrade

• regress

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

• gradual

• progressive

• degrade

• regress

adj. moving forward; using or interested in new or modern ideas

• gradual

• progressive

• graphite

• degrade

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

• telegraph

• degrade

• graffiti

• regress

n. pictures or words painted or drawn on a wall, building, etc.

• degrade

• autograph

• graphite

• graffiti