1. Grad, gress, gradu -- step, go

2. aggressive Tending to step toward someone threateningly

3. Grade A step in a series

4. Gradual By slow steps

5. Degrade To cause to go down in status or quality

6. Regress To go backwards

7. Digress To go off to a second path or line of thought

8. Digression A second path or line of thought

9. The prefix “de” means… Not or Down

10. The prefix “re” means… “ again”

11. The prefix “di” means… “ apart”