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12: Lesson 16
Roots -cede-, -cess-, and -grad-, -gress-
term | definition |
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concede | to acknowledge as true or real, often unwillingly |
deceased | no longer living |
egress | a path or means of going out; exit |
gradation | a degree or step in a series of gradual changes |
gradient | the degree to which something inclines; slope |
predecessor | someone or something that comes before another in time |
regress | to go back; return to a previous condition |
secession | a formal withdrawal from membership in an organization, association, or union |
transgress | to go beyond or over (a limit or boundary); to act in violation of |
unprecedented | not having occured before; without precedent |