govern
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～ exercise authority over; as of nations; "Who is governing the country now?"
govern
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～ direct or strongly influence the behavior of; "His belief in God governs his conduct"
govern
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～ bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations; "We cannot regulate the way people dress"; "This town likes to regulate"
grab
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～ take or grasp suddenly; "She grabbed the child's hand and ran out of the room"
grab
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～ get hold of or seize quickly and easily; "I snapped up all the good buys during the garage sale"
grab
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～ capture the attention or imagination of; "This story will grab you"; "The movie seized my imagination"
grab
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～ obtain illegally or unscrupulously; "Grab power"
grab
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～ make a grasping or snatching motion with the hand; "The passenger grabbed for the oxygen mask"
grab
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～ take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of; "Catch the ball!"; "Grab the elevator door!"
grace
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～ make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.; "Decorate the room for the party"; "beautify yourself for the special day"
grace
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～ be beautiful to look at; "Flowers adorned the tables everywhere"
fall from grace
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～ revert back to bad behavior after a period of good behavior; "The children fell from grace when they asked for several helpings of dessert"
gradate
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～ pass imperceptibly from one degree, shade, or tone into another; "The paint on these walls gradates but you don't see it"
gradate
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～ arrange according to grades; "These lines are gradated"
grade
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～ level to the right gradient
grade
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～ assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation; "grade tests"; "score the SAT essays"; "mark homework"
grade
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～ assign a rank or rating to; "how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide"
grade
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～ determine the grade of or assign a grade to
graduate
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～ receive an academic degree upon completion of one's studies; "She graduated in 1990"