Marking
Crossword Clue and Answers

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4 letters

MARK
Something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal; "the new advertising campaign was a bell ringer"; "scored a bull's eye"; "hit the mark"; "the president's speech was a home run"

5 letters

USING
An act that exploits or victimizes someone (treats them unfairly); "capitalistic exploitation of the working class"; "paying Blacks less and charging them more is a form of victimization"

6 letters

RULING
The reason for a court's judgment (as opposed to the decision itself)

ADDING

ENDING
The act of ending something; "the termination of the agreement"

TAKING
The act of someone who picks up or takes something; "the pickings were easy"; "clothing could be had for the taking"

MARKER
A writing implement for making a mark

7 letters

GRADING
Changing the ground level to a smooth horizontal or gently sloping surface

SCORING
Evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score; "what he disliked about teaching was all the grading he had to do"

FOOLING
Characterized by a feeling of irresponsibility; "a broken back is nothing to be casual about; it is no fooling matter"

HURTING
A symptom of some physical hurt or disorder; "the patient developed severe pain and distension"

SHAMING

DASHING
Lively and spirited; "a dashing hero"

MEANING
The idea that is intended; "What is the meaning of this proverb?"

SHOWING
Something shown to the public; "the museum had many exhibits of oriental art"

8 letters

SAVORING
Taking a small amount into the mouth to test its quality; "cooking was fine but it was the savoring that he enjoyed most"

REDUCING
Any process in which electrons are added to an atom or ion (as by removing oxygen or adding hydrogen); always occurs accompanied by oxidation of the reducing agent

FAULTING
(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other; "they built it right over a geological fault"; "he studied the faulting of the earth's crust"

DROPPING
Coming down freely under the influence of gravity; "the eerie whistle of dropping bombs"; "falling rain"

LOWERING
The act of causing something to move to a lower level

STAINING
The act of spotting or staining something

9 letters

DEFECTING

10 letters

CHEAPENING

SCRATCHING
A harsh noise made by scraping; "the scrape of violin bows distracted her"

DISGRACING

DEPRESSING
Causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy; "the economic outlook is depressing"; "something cheerless about the room"; "a moody and uncheerful person"; "an uncheerful place"

DECREASING
Becoming less or smaller

11 letters

DISCOUNTING

DOWNGRADING

DIMINISHING
Becoming smaller or less or appearing to do so; "diminishing returns"; "his diminishing respect for her"