CONCEDE

(V)

TO ACKNOWLEDGE AS TRUE OR REAL,

OFTEN UNWILLINGLY

DECEASED

(ADJ)

NO LONGER LIVING;

DEAD

EGRESS

(N)

AN EXIT;

A PATH OR MEANS OF GOING OUT

GRADATION

(N)

A DEGREE OR STAGE IN A

SERIES OF GRADUAL CHANGES

GRADIENT

(N)

THE DEGREE TO WHICH

SOMETHING INCLINES;

THE SLOPE OF SOMETHING

PREDECESSOR

(N)

SOMEONE/SOMETHING THAT

COMES BEFORE ANOTHER IN TIME;

FORERUNNER

REGRESS

(V)

TO RETURN TO A FORMER CONDITION;

TO GO BACK

SECESSION

(N)

THE ACT OF WITHDRAWING FORMALLY FROM MEMBERSHIP IN AN ORGANIZATION, ASSOCIATION, OR UNION

TRANSGRESS

(V)

TO GO BEYOND OR OVER

A LIMIT OR BOUNDARY

UNPRECEDENTED

(ADJ)

NOT HAVING OCCURRED BEFORE