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inflation
elhi
acceleration
multigrade
A plus
advanced
A+
B+
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underachiever
shading
blending
overachiever
nonachiever
deportment
B−
F+
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disparency
C+
low decile
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inflection
A*
flexion
pay rise
D−
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fail
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G
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junior high school
anticlimax
gay 90s
honor student
educamation
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E
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slippage
A−
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creep
incremental
blip
relegation
subgraduate
lift
through the roof
drop
postelementary
pregraduation
C−
intergrade
preeducation
semischolastic
flunker
overgrade
trending
intermediate school
uptrend
D+
elementary education
F
ascending
dropout factory
maleducative
upside
nonpromotion
scholarity
declensionism
formative
antischolastic
upshift
studentization
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stream
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preeducation
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formative
antischolastic
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inflation
elhi
acceleration
A plus
A+
B+
underperformer
underachiever
shading
blending
overachiever
nonachiever
deportment
B−
F+
disparency
C+
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cume
flection
inflection
A*
flexion
pay rise
D−
spike
fail
lapse
draw-up
grading
G
gradelessness
uptick
college level
increase
drawdown
junior high school
anticlimax
gay 90s
honor student
educamation
downturn
E
slippage
A−
creep
blip
relegation
subgraduate
lift
drop
C−
intergrade
flunker
trending
intermediate school
uptrend
D+
elementary education
F
dropout factory
upside
nonpromotion
scholarity
declensionism
upshift
studentization
turn of events
D
stream
flunk out
undergrade
promote
untrack
overgrade
deviate
noun
- Undue expansion or increase, as of academic grades.
- An increase in the general level of prices or in the cost of living.
- An extremely rapid expansion of the universe, theorized to have occurred very shortly after the Big Bang.
- An increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money.
- A decline in the value of money.
- An act, instance of, or state of expansion or increase in size, especially by injection of a gas.
noun
- The advancement of students at a rate that places them ahead of where they would be in the regular school curriculum.
- The amount by which a speed or velocity increases (and so a scalar quantity or a vector quantity).
- The act of accelerating, or the state of being accelerated; increase of motion or action; as opposed to retardation or deceleration.
- The change of velocity with respect to time (can include deceleration or changing direction).
adj
- comparatively late in a course of development
- farther along in physical or mental development
- ahead of the times
- at a higher level in training or knowledge or skill
- ahead in development; complex or intricate
- far along in time
- (of societies) highly developed especially in technology or industry
- situated ahead or going before
noun
- a sharp rise followed by a sharp decline
- a transient variation in voltage or current
- sports equipment consisting of a sharp point on the sole of a shoe worn by athletes
- fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn
- (botany) an indeterminate inflorescence bearing sessile flowers on an unbranched axis
- a very high narrow heel on women's shoes
- each of the sharp points on the soles of athletic shoes to prevent slipping (or the shoes themselves)
- a sharp-pointed projection along the top of a fence or wall (or a dinosaur)
- a long, thin sharp-pointed implement (wood or metal)
- any holding device consisting of a rigid, sharp-pointed object
- a large stout nail
verb
noun
- A failing grade in an academic examination.
- A failure, especially of a financial transaction (a termination of an action).
- A failure (condition of being unsuccessful).
- Poor quality; substandard workmanship.
- A failure (something incapable of success).
- A piece of turf cut from grassland.
adj
verb
- Not to achieve a particular stated goal. (Usage note: The direct object of this word is usually an infinitive.)
- To become unable to meet one's engagements; especially, to be unable to pay one's debts or discharge one's business obligation; to become bankrupt or insolvent.
- To receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits.
- To give a student a non-passing grade in an academic endeavour.
- To be wanting to, to be insufficient for, to disappoint, to desert; to disappoint one's expectations.
- To be wanting; to fall short; to be or become deficient in any measure or degree up to total absence.
- To neglect.
- To be unsuccessful.
- Of a machine, etc.: to cease to operate correctly.
noun
- A decline or fall in standards.
- A common-law rule that if the person to whom property is willed were to die before the testator, then the gift would be ineffective.
- A pause in continuity.
- A marked decrease in air temperature with increasing altitude because the ground is warmer than the surrounding air.
- A fall or apostasy.
- An interval of time between events.
- A temporary failure; a slip.
- A termination of a right etc., through disuse or neglect.
- memory lapse
verb
noun
- The academic grade that comes next below F.
- gravity
- Green.
- A gangster; often used to address one's friend.
- Ground floor (of a building).
- Grand (thousand dollars).
- Goals (a sports statistic).
- Games (the statistic reporting the number of games that a player has participated in).
- General (suitable for a general audience).
- A galaxy.
- Abbreviation for Government Spending.
character
verb
- To move on to a subsequent stage of education.
- To increase the activity of (a catalyst) by changing its surface structure.
- To elevate to a higher league.
- To raise (someone) to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank.
- To encourage, urge or incite.
- To advocate or urge on behalf of (something or someone); to attempt to popularize or sell by means of advertising or publicity.
- To exchange (a pawn) for a queen or other piece when it reaches the eighth rank.
noun
- (A measure of) the decline from a historical peak in some economic or financial variable.
- The withdrawal of weapons, ammunition and other supplies from US stocks, and provision of it to another nation.
- The act of reduction or depletion (including through withdrawal or utilization).
- The result of reduction, utilization, or depletion.
- A lowering in water level, as in a well or a reservoir.
- The process of a bank releasing previously agreed loan amount to the borrower, hence making it available for them to use.
- The borrowing of funds from a financial institution, under the terms of a credit agreement.
prep
- After in developmental progress, score, grade, etc.; inferior to.
- As a result or consequence of.
- Responsible for, being the creator or controller of.
- After in time.
- In the past, from the viewpoint of.
- Concealed by (something serving as a facade or disguise).
- After in physical progress or distance.
- In support of.
- Underlying, being the reason for or explanation of.
- At or to the back or far side of.
noun
- In the Eton College field game, any of a group of players consisting of two "shorts" (who try to kick the ball over the bully) and a "long" (who defends the goal).
- The rear, back-end.
- The buttocks, bottom, butt.
- A one-point score.
- The catcher.
adj
adv
- Behind the scenes in a theatre; backstage.
- At or in the rear or back part of something.
- So as to come after someone or something in position, distance, advancement, ranking, time, etc.
- So as to be still in place after someone or something has departed or ceased to exist.
- In a rearward direction.
- Backward in time or order of succession; past.
noun
- The grade below D in some grading systems. In most such systems, it is a failing grade.
- The drug ecstasy (MDMA), particularly in pill form.
- The hormone estrogen/estradiol. (Contrast T, testosterone.)
character
symbol
name
- A surname from Chinese.
- A state in ancient China of varying location in present-day Shanxi, Henan, and Hubei.
- Its capital, also known as Echeng and Ezhou.
- A Tai-Chinese mixed language spoken primarily in Rongshui Miao Autonomous County, Guangxi, China; Kjang E.
- A river in Highland council area, Scotland.
adj
- Relatively elevated; rising or raised above the average or normal level from which elevation is measured.
- Very elevated; extending or being far above a base; tall; lofty.
- Having a large or comparatively larger concentration of (a substance, which is often but not always linked by "in" when predicative).
- Most exalted; foremost.
- Very traditionalist and conservative, especially in favoring older ways of doing things; see e.g. high church, High Tory.
- Acute or shrill in pitch, due to being of greater frequency, i.e. produced by more rapid vibrations (wave oscillations).
- Remote (to the north or south) from the equator; situated at (or constituting) a latitude which is expressed by a large number.
- Having the highest rank in a straight, flush or straight flush.
- Intoxicated; under the influence of a mood-altering drug, formerly usually alcohol, but now (from the mid-20th century) usually not alcohol but rather marijuana, cocaine, heroin, etc.
- Near, in its direction of travel, to the (direction of the) wind.
- Positioned up the field, towards the opposing team's goal.
- Large, great (in amount or quantity, value, force, energy, etc).
- Luxurious; rich.
- Having a specified elevation or height; tall.
- Of great importance and consequence: grave (if negative) or solemn (if positive).
- Pertaining to (or, especially of a language: spoken in) in an area which is at a greater elevation, for example more mountainous, than other regions.
- Above the batter's shoulders.
- Keen, enthused.
- Consummate; advanced (e.g. in development) to the utmost extent or culmination, or possessing a quality in its supreme degree, at its zenith.
- Elevated in mood; marked by great merriment, excitement, etc.
- Advanced in complexity (and hence potentially abstract and/or difficult to comprehend).
- Elevated in status, esteem, or prestige, or in importance or development; exalted in rank, station, or character.
- Lofty, often to the point of arrogant, haughty, boastful, proud.
- Strong-scented; slightly tainted/spoiled; beginning to decompose.
- Winning; able to take a trick, win a round, etc.
- Made with some part of the tongue positioned high in the mouth, relatively close to the palate.
- With tall waves.
adv
noun
- The maximum atmospheric temperature recorded at a particular location, especially during one 24-hour period.
- A drug that gives such a high.
- A large area of elevated atmospheric pressure; an anticyclone.
- A high point or position, literally (as, an elevated place; a superior region; a height; the sky; heaven).or figuratively (as, a point of success or achievement; a time when things are at their best, greatest, most numerous, maximum, etc).
- The highest card dealt or drawn.
- A period of euphoria, from excitement or from an intake of drugs.
noun
- A relatively small gradual change, variation or deviation (from a planned value) in a measure.
- The imperceptible downslope movement of surface rock.
- Someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric.
- A barrier with small openings used to keep large animals out while allowing smaller animals to pass through.
- A slight displacement of an object; the slight movement of something.
- The gradual expansion or proliferation of something beyond its original goals or boundaries, considered negatively.
- A frightening and/or disconcerting person, especially one who gives the speaker chills.
- The movement of something that creeps (like worms or snails).
- An increase in strain with time; the gradual flow or deformation of a material under stress.
- In sewn books, the tendency of pages on the inside of a quire to stand out farther than those on the outside of it.
verb
- To slip, or to become slightly displaced.
- To move or behave with servility or exaggerated humility; to fawn.
- To covertly have sex (with a person other than one's primary partner); to cheat with.
- To grow across a surface rather than upwards.
- To move slowly and quietly in a particular direction.
- To have a sensation as of insects creeping on the skin of the body; to crawl.
- To move slowly with the abdomen close to the ground.
- To make small gradual changes, usually in a particular direction.
- To drag in deep water with creepers, as for recovering a submarine cable.
- To move in a stealthy or secret manner; to move imperceptibly or clandestinely; to steal in; to insinuate itself or oneself.
noun
- A brief and usually minor aberration or deviation from what is expected or normal.
- A small dot registered on electronic equipment, such as a radar or oscilloscope screen.
- A short sound of a single pitch, usually electronically generated.
- An individual message or document in the Google Wave software framework.
verb
noun
- A rise; a degree of elevation.
- A thief.
- The amount or weight to be lifted.
- The sky; the heavens; firmament; atmosphere.
- An act of lifting or raising.
- One of the steps of a cone pulley.
- Air.
- Mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people between floors in a building.
- That portion of the vibration of a balance during which the impulse is given.
- An upward force, such as the force that keeps aircraft aloft.
- An improvement in mood.
- The difference in elevation between the upper pool and lower pool of a waterway, separated by lock.
- The act of transporting someone in a vehicle; a ride; a trip.
- Permanent construction with a built-in platform that is lifted vertically.
- A rope leading from the masthead to the extremity of a yard below, and used for raising or supporting the end of the yard.
- A layer of leather in the heel of a shoe.
- The space or distance through which anything is lifted.
- The lifting of a dance partner into the air.
- A liftgate.
verb
- To buy a security or other asset previously offered for sale.
- To take (hounds) off the existing scent and move them to another spot.
- To try to raise something; to exert the strength for raising or bearing.
- To arrest (a person).
- To steal.
- to cause to move upwards.
- To elevate or improve in rank, condition, etc.; often with up.
- To lift weights; to weight-lift.
- To remove (a ban, restriction, etc.).
- To collect, as moneys due; to raise.
- To alleviate, to lighten (pressure, tension, stress, etc.)
- To source directly without acknowledgement; to plagiarise.
- To raise or rise.
- To transform (a function) into a corresponding function in a different context.
prep_phrase
noun
- A decline in degree, quality, quantity, or rate.
- A dropped pass.
- The distance that a person drops when being executed by hanging.
- The vertical length of a hanging curtain.
- A small quantity of liquid, just large enough to hold its own round shape through surface tension, especially one that falls from a source of liquid.
- Only used in get the drop on, have the drop on An advantage.
- The distance below a cliff or other high position through which someone or something could fall; hence, a steep slope.
- A very small quantity of liquid, or (by extension) of anything.
- The amount of money that a gambler exchanges for chips in a casino.
- Usually preceded by the: alcoholic spirits in general.
- A trapdoor (“hinged platform”) on a gallows; a gallows itself.
- A point in a song, usually electronic music such as dubstep, house, trace, or trap, where there is a very noticeable and pleasing change in bass, tempo, and/or overall tone; a climax, a highlight.
- An ornament resembling a pendant; a gutta.
- The cover mounted on a swivel over a keyhole that rests over the keyhole when not in use to keep out debris, but is swiveled out of the way before inserting the key.
- A fruit which has fallen off a tree, etc., or has been knocked off accidentally, rather than picked.
- Of women's clothes: the difference between the bust circumference and hip circumference.
- A mechanism for lowering something, such as a machine for lowering heavy weights on to a ship's deck, or a device for temporarily lowering a gas jet, etc.
- A place where items or supplies may be left for others to collect, whether openly (as with a mail drop), or secretly or illegally (as in crime or espionage); a drop-off point.
- The distance of the axis of a shaft below the base of a hanger.
- An instance of making a delivery of people, supplies, or things, especially by parachute out of an aircraft (an airdrop), but also by truck, etc.
- A dose of liquid medicine in the form of a drop (sense 1).
- A single measure of whisky.
- A curtain which falls in front of a theatrical stage; also, a section of (cloth) scenery lowered on to the stage like a curtain.
- An item made available for the player to pick up from the remains of a defeated enemy.
- A release (of music, a video game, etc).
- Often preceded by a defining word: a small, round piece of hard candy, such as a lemon drop; a lozenge.
- Of men's clothes: the difference between the chest circumference and waist circumference.
- Usually preceded by the: relegation from one division to a lower one.
- A liquid medicine that is intended to be administered in drops (sense 1).
- A small amount of an alcoholic beverage.
- An act of moving downwards under the force of gravity; a descent, a fall.
- The depth of a (square) sail (generally applied to the courses only); the vertical dimension of a sail.
- Preceded by the: execution by hanging.
verb
- To dispose or get rid of (something); to lose, to remove.
- To let (something) fall; to allow (something) to fall (either by releasing hold of, or losing one's grip on).
- To reduce; to make smaller.
- To come to an end (by not being kept up); to lapse, to stop.
- To fall behind or to the rear of a group of people, etc., as a result of not keeping up with those at the front.
- To make (someone or something) fall to the ground from a blow, gunshot, etc.; to bring down, to shoot down.
- To pass or use (counterfeit cheques, money, etc.).
- To quickly lower or take down (one's trousers), especially in public.
- Of the testicles: to hang further away from the body and begin producing sperm due to puberty.
- To cook (food, especially fast food), particularly by lowering into hot oil to deep-fry, or by grilling.
- Of an animal (usually a sheep): to give birth to (young); of a bird: to lay (an egg).
- To impart (something).
- To cease concerning oneself over (someone or something); to have nothing more to do with (a discussion, subject, etc.).
- To perform (rap music).
- Usually followed by by, in, or into: of a person: to visit someone or somewhere informally or without a prior appointment.
- Of a programme, software, a music album or song, etc.: to enter public distribution.
- To play (a portion of music) in the manner of a disc jockey.
- Of a liquid: to fall in drops or droplets.
- To drop out of the betting.
- To collapse in exhaustion or injury; also, to fall dead, or to fall in death.
- To fall or sink quickly or suddenly to the ground.
- Of a voice: to lower in timbre, often due to puberty.
- To fall (straight down) under the influence of gravity, like a drop of liquid.
- Of a song or sound: to lower in key, pitch, tempo, or other quality.
- To move to a lower position; to allow to hang downwards; to lower.
- To let (a letter, etc.) fall into a postbox; hence, to send (a letter, email, or other message) in an offhand manner.
- To drip (a liquid) in drops or small amounts.
- To set down (someone or something) from a vehicle; to stop and deliver or deposit (someone or something); to drop off.
- To cease to include (something), as if on a list; to dismiss, to eject, to expel.
- To (unexpectedly) lose (a competition, game, etc.).
- To fail to write, or (especially) to pronounce (a syllable, letter, etc.).
- To lower (a sound, a voice, etc.) in pitch or volume.
- To fall into a particular condition or state.
- To tune (a guitar string, etc.) to a lower note.
- To present the user with a more basic interface.
- To release (a programme, software, a music album or song, etc.) to the public.
- To lose, spend, or otherwise part with (money).
- To score (a goal) by means of a drop kick.
- To mention (something) casually or incidentally, usually in conversation.
- To enter a more basic interface.
- To decrease, diminish, or lessen in condition, degree, value, etc.
- Especially in drop acid: to swallow (a drug, particularly LSD).
- Of a fielder: to fail to dismiss (a batsman) by accidentally dropping a batted ball that had initially been caught.
- To cancel or cease to participate in (a scheduled course, event, or project).
noun
- A failing grade, with the next best grade being either a D or an E (some institutions issue Es instead of Fs).
- A grade lower than E but higher than G.
- In the American Library Association, a folio-sized book, over 30 cm in height.
- The Fertility factor (bacteria).
- A grade of black-lead pencil (originally an abbreviation of fine).
intj
character
symbol
- The fourth note of the diatonic scale of C major, called fa in solfège.
- The scale or key which has that note for its tonic.
- On a piano keyboard, the white key next to the left of each group of three black keys (see figure).
- The degree of a staff assigned to such a key or tone; a note on such a degree.
- Ford Motor Company
noun
- A grade awarded for a class, better than outright failure (which can be F or E depending on the institution) and worse than a C.
- The semicircle on the baulk line, inside which the cue ball must be placed at a break-off.
- The penalty arc on a football pitch.
- Canonical decomposition
adv
intj
adj
name
character
noun
- A division of a school year by perceived ability.
- All moving waters.
- A source or repository of data that can be read or written only sequentially.
- A live stream.
- A thin connected passing of a liquid through a lighter gas (e.g. air).
- A small river; a large creek; a body of moving water confined by banks.
- A particular path, channel, division, or way of proceeding.
- Any steady flow or succession of material, such as water, air, radio signal or words.
verb
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