| | (ESS4000) grade | Definition: A grade is a score or mark given to someone’s work. | Example: →I managed to get good grades on my report card. |
| (ESS4000) degrade | Definition: To degrade someone means to cause people to have shame. | Example: →The teacher degraded Bob when she announced his poor performance to the class | | (ESS4000) centigrade | Definition: If a temperature is centigrade, it is scaled, so water freezes at 0° and boils at 100°. | Example: →During the spring time, the temperature gets as warm as 26 degrees centigrade. | | (ESS4000) upgrade | Definition: To upgrade something means to improve it or make it more efficient. | Example: →He upgraded to a real fancy car. |