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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
Common Core alignment
Grades served: 7, 8
- L.7.4bUse common, grade-appropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., belligerent, bellicose, rebel).
- L.8.4bUse common, grade-appropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., precede, recede, secede).
Movement. Roots about going, sending, carrying, and getting somewhere.
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