Cases of word usage

1) far on in life; having made much progress (advanced)

2) in progress or operation; being prepared (afoot)

3) something (e.g. a gate, bar, objects) that prevents or controls progress or movement (barrier)

4) a person who sees little or no good in anything and who has no belief in human progress (especially showing this by being sarcastic) (cynic)

5) the act of developing or being developed (all senses); a new stage or event in a progress (development)

6) (of lines, opinions, roads etc) to get farther apart (from a point or from each other) as they progress (diverge)

7) something which lessens one's satisfaction or makes progress or success less easy (drawback)

8) to hold, speed up, the progress of (a plan, business etc) (expedite)

9) to make progress (headway)

10) a position from which no progress is possible (impasse)