Go Ahead: Cede, Ceed, Cess

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This vocabulary list features words with the Latin roots cede, cede, and cess, meaning "go, yield."
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  1. accede
    yield to another's wish or opinion
    Victoria Forester, however, was used to having her own way, and, if all else failed, or even if it did not, she would appeal to her father, and he would accede to her demands. Stardust
  2. accession
    the act of attaining a new office or right or position
    Three days later, at a lunch in London celebrating 40 years since her accession to the throne, the queen broke with tradition, and spoke about her feelings in public.The New York Times
  3. antecede
    be earlier in time; go back further
    But the origin of the fable antecedes the destruction of Poseidonis by more than seventy thousand years, however incredible it may seem. Various
  4. antecedent
    a preceding occurrence or cause or event
  5. cede
    give over
  6. cessation
    a stopping
  7. cession
    the act of surrendering possession or control
  8. concede
    acknowledge defeat
  9. concession
    a point that is yielded
  10. exceed
    be or do something to a greater degree
  11. excessive
    beyond normal limits
  12. exceeding
    far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree
  13. incessant
    uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing
  14. intercede
    act between parties with a view to reconciling differences
  15. intercession
    the act of intervening, as to mediate a dispute
  16. precede
    be earlier in time
  17. precedent
    an example that is used to justify similar occurrences
  18. proceed
    move ahead; travel onward in time or space
  19. proceeds
    the income or profit arising from a transaction
  20. proceeding
    a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked
  21. process
    a particular course of action intended to achieve a result
  22. procession
    the action of a group moving ahead in regular formation
  23. recede
    pull back or move away or backward
  24. recession
    a situation in which the state of the economy declines
  25. recess
    a pause from doing something (as work)
  26. recessive
    of a gene that produces a feature if present in both parents
  27. secede
    withdraw from an organization or polity
  28. secession
    formal separation from an alliance or federation
  29. secessionist
    a person who wants to break free from a larger group
  30. success
    an event that accomplishes its intended purpose
  31. successive
    following in order without gaps
  32. succeed
    attain success or reach a desired goal
  33. successor
    a person who inherits some title or office
Created on Mon Feb 24 15:37:08 EST 2025 (updated Wed Feb 26 21:35:23 EST 2025)

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