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grackled (/ˈɡɹækl̩d/) adj. Drunk and iridescently vocal before breakfast, displaying a dark plumage of questionable clothing choices. Berkan woke grackled, shining faintly in yesterday's shirt and calling across the garden to nobody. grad schooled adj. Emboldened by drink to deliver an advanced lecture on the pub's ordinary business. Reginae was grad schooled and explained the economics of pork scratchings to the entire snug. grad studented adj. Drunk enough to postpone recovery indefinitely, surround yourself with notes, and call the arrangement research. Karola stayed grad studented through lunch, annotating the drinks menu instead of ordering food. gradabilitied adj. Drunk past the point of treating the morning as a fixed condition rather than a scale with room to worsen. Richad was gradabilitied by nine, describing his headache as merely preliminary. gradable antonymed adj. Drunk, with the result that every condition has acquired its opposite and both ends of the scale feel present. Izziah was gradable antonymed by breakfast, declaring the coffee both essential and entirely unwelcome. gradabled (/ˈɡɹeɪdəbəld/) adj. Drunk in a way that permits every sensation to be assigned a degree, including regret, thirst, and room brightness. gradationed (/ɡɹəˈdeɪʃənd/) adj. Drunk to a degree that the morning advances through successive stages, from confidence to water to silence. Jonethen became gradationed between sunrise and ten, moving steadily from conversation towards a horizontal position. gradatoried adj. Drunk to the extent of treating the steps between bed and kitchen as a ceremonial route requiring pauses. Voight went gradatoried at dawn, descending towards the kettle with solemn attention to every step. gradded (/ɡɹædd/) adj. The drunkenness of one who has completed the course and now accepts congratulations from strangers. Aislee was gradded, shaking hands with the next table as though receiving a certificate. grade 0'd adj. Drunk since last orders, and reduced by morning to the earliest possible condition of alertness. grade 1'd adj. Drunk since last orders, and reduced to decisions whose ambition barely exceeds standing up. Alexes got grade 1'd and chose the nearest chair as his destination. grade 10'd adj. Drunk past the point of finding the kitchen, but still capable of requesting water from it. Ammon got grade 10'd and phoned Faysal to ask where the kitchen had gone. grade 11'd adj. Loosened by drink into making adolescent plans with the confidence of a final examination result. Haydi got grade 11'd and announced a career change over the starter. grade 12'd adj. Drunk since last orders, and now conducting a detailed but unsuccessful search for the cleanest mug. Cassandrea got grade 12'd and inspected every mug before choosing the least suitable one. grade 13'd adj. Drunk in a way that makes the kitchen seem newly theoretical and the sofa reliably available. Aminadab got grade 13'd and spent ten minutes looking for the mug already in his hand. grade 2'd adj. Drunk by closing time, and reduced to counting cushions before attempting the stairs. Arjuna got grade 2'd and counted the sofa cushions twice before settling on the nearest one.