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| progress (noun) | the process of getting better at doing something, or getting closer to finishing or achieving something |
| progress (verb) | to improve, develop, or achieve things so that you are then at a more advanced stage |
| graduate (noun) | someone who has completed a university degree, especially a first degree |
| graduate (verb) | to obtain a degree, especially a first degree, from a college or university |
| digress | to talk or write about something that is not your main subject: |
| digression | a piece of writing or speech that strays away from the main idea |
| aggressive | behaving in a threatening way, as if you want to fight or attack; very determined to get what you want; |
| congress | a formal meeting of representatives of different groups, countries, to discuss ideas, make decisions; the group of people chosen or elected to make the laws in some countries |
| degrading | an experience or event that is unpleasant and makes you lose respect for yourself |
| degrade | to treat someone without respect/ make him/her lose self-respect; to worsen the condition of something |
| centigrade | divided into 100 degrees, as a scale, especially a thermometer |
| regress | to go back to an earlier and worse condition, or to a less developed way of behaving |
| biodegradable | materials that are changed naturally by bacteria into substances that do not harm the environment |
| transgress | to do something that is against the rules of social behaviour or against a moral principle: |
| transgression | an act of violation of a law, command, etc.; sin. |
| egress | the act of leaving a building or place, or the right to do this |
| suspend | to officially stop something from continuing, especially for a short time; to hang something to a high place |
| independent | confident and able to do things by yourself in your own way, without needing help or advice from others |
| pending | not yet decided or settled: |
| expendable | not needed enough to be kept or saved; an item consumed in use/ not reusable. |
| dispense | to give something to people, especially in fixed amounts |
| dependable | able to be trusted to do what you need or expect: |
| impending | describing an event or situation, especially an unpleasant one, that is going to happen very soon |
| appendage | something connected to a larger, more important thing; an arm, leg, other body part |
| pensive | thinking a lot about something, especially because you are worried or sad |
| propensity | a natural tendency to behave in a particular way |
| pendulous | hanging down loosely and swinging freely |
| dependent | needing someone or something in order to exist, be successful, be healthy etc |
| indispensable | someone/something so important or useful that it is impossible to manage without |
| pendant | a jewel, stone etc that hangs from a thin chain that you wear around your neck |
| pendulum | A feely swinging piece of machinery |
| interdependent | depending on or necessary to each other |
| perpendicular | hanging straight down at right angles |
| gradual | going forward by small steps or degrees |
| ingredient | one of the elements which enter into a mixture |
