grad, gress

to move backward; go back.

• gradual

• gradient

• regress

• egress

to lower in dignity or estimation; bring into contempt:shame, humiliate

• regress

• egress

• upgrade

• degrade

the act or an instance of going, especially from an enclosed place. departure, exiting

• egress

• regress

• gradation

• gradual

an increase or improvement:improve

• downgrade

• upgrade

• progress

• gradual

movement toward a goal or to a further or higher stage: advancement, gain

• gradation

• progress

• egress

• upgrade

taking place, changing, moving, etc., by small degrees or little by little:happening slowly, evenly

• progress

• regress

• gradation

• gradual

to assign to a lower status with a smaller salary; lower in opinion or rank

• downgrade

• upgrade

• degrade

• progress

a person who has received a degree or diploma on completing a course of study, as in a university, college, or school, person who completes education

• regress

• graduate

• egress

• gradient

the degree of inclination, or the rate of ascent or descent, in a highway, railroad, etc; slope

• gradation

• egress

• degrade

• gradient

any process or change taking place through a series of stages, by degrees, or in a gradual manner; classification, step

• degrade

• progress

• graduate

• gradation