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We think the answer is "HIGHER" which means:

adjective satellite
• • Advanced in complexity or elaboration
• • Of education beyond the secondary level
adjective
• • Very elevated; extending or being far above a base; tall; lofty.
• • Relatively elevated; rising or raised above the average or normal level from which elevation is measured.
• • Having a specified elevation or height; tall.
• • Elevated in status, esteem, prestige; exalted in rank, station, or character.
• • Of great importance and consequence: grave (if negative) or solemn (if positive).
• • Consummate; advanced (e.g. in development) to the utmost extent or culmination, or possessing a quality in its supreme degree, at its zenith.
• • (in several set phrases) remote in distance or time.
• • (in several set phrases) very traditionalist and conservative, especially in favoring older ways of doing things; see e.g. high church, high tory.
• • Elevated in mood; marked by great merriment, excitement, etc.
• • (of a lifestyle) luxurious; rich.
• • Lofty, often to the point of arrogant, haughty, boastful, proud.
• • (with "on" or "about") keen, enthused.
• • (of a body of water) with tall waves.
• • Large, great (in amount or quantity, value, force, energy, etc).
• • (acoustics) acute or shrill in pitch, due to being of greater frequency, i.e. produced by more rapid vibrations (wave oscillations).
• • Made with some part of the tongue positioned high in the mouth, relatively close to the palate.
• • Greater in value than other cards, denominations, suits, etc.
• • (of meat, especially venison) strong-scented; slightly tainted/spoiled; beginning to decompose.
• • Intoxicated; under the influence of a mood-altering drug, formerly usually alcohol, but now (from the mid-20th century) usually not alcohol but rather marijuana, cocaine, heroin, etc.
• • (of a sailing ship) near, in its direction of travel, to the (direction of the) wind.
adverb
• • In or to an elevated position.
• • In or at a great value.
• • At a pitch of great frequency.
noun
• • A national school-leaving examination and university entrance qualification.
verb
• • To make higher; to raise or increase in amount or quantity.
• • To ascend.

An example sentence would be:

• • "He climbed to a higher point on the mountain to get a better view."
• • "The higher branches of the tree were difficult to reach."

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