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gress
(GRES)to step or go
Latin for stepping. Progress means stepping forward; regress means stepping back.
rootLatin
MovementSpellings:gressgrad
Example words
progress
to step forward
congress
a coming together — a group that steps in to meet
regress
to step backward
graduate
to take a step up to a new rank
Who it is for
Grades served: 7, 8
Level 3Level 1 holds the word parts students meet first. Level 3 holds the ones that turn up in harder reading.
Movement. Roots about going, sending, carrying, and getting somewhere.
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