PROGRADE

Adjective

prograde (comparative more prograde, superlative most prograde)

(astronomy) Moving in a forward direction, especially with respect to other bodies in the same system.

(geology) Being a metamorphic change resulting from a higher pressure or temperature.

Antonyms

• retrograde

Verb

prograde (third-person singular simple present progrades, present participle prograding, simple past and past participle prograded)

(geology) Of sediment, to build out seawards in conditions of marine regression.

Anagrams

• drag rope, drag-rope

Source: Wiktionary



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13 May 2025

DAZED

(adjective) in a state of mental numbness especially as resulting from shock; “he had a dazed expression on his face”; “lay semiconscious, stunned (or stupefied) by the blow”; “was stupid from fatigue”


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An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.

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