your alma mater is a school you graduated from

A pole on which a flag is displayed; a flagstaff, A rule or similar graduated stick used for testing or measuring, as in surveying, A group of military officers assigned to assist a commanding officer in an executive or advisory capacity

Present participle of read, noun_ The process of interpreting written language, An observation read from the scale of a graduated instrument, The act of one who reads; perusal; also, printed or written matter to be read, adjective_ one who reads much; hence, in the English universities, a close, industrious student, a desk to support a book while reading; esp., a desk used while reading the service in a church, Of or pertaining to the act of reading; used in reading

Not including; without, From, but not having graduated with, the class of, Free of any transport or handling charges incurred before removal from a given location, noun_ A former spouse or partner, The letter x, verb_ To delete; to cross out, transitive verb_ To delete or cross out