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21inclined — adj 1.(usu. followed by to) disposed, tending, Archaic. propense, of a mind; prone, apt, liable, likely, susceptible, open; predisposed, given, partial, prejudiced, biased; attracted, sympathetic, keen, willing, eager, Archaic. fain, zealous,… …
22precipitous — adj 1. steep, sheer, abrupt, perpendicular, bluff; acclivitous, ascending, uphill, rising; declivitous, downhill, descending, declining, falling away; cliffy, craggy. 2. hasty, hurried, rash. See precipitate(defs. 4 6) …
23sheer — I adj 1. transparently thin, diaphanous, translucent, filmy, gossamer, gossamery; naked, clear, crystal, glassy, hyaline. 2. simple, plain, pure, unadulterated, unmixed, unalloyed, unmingled; homogeneous, uniform; elemental, elementary. 3. utter …
24uphill — adv 1. up, upwards, upward; skyward, heavenward. adj 2. ascending, climbing, mounting, rising, uprising, acclivitous, acclivous. 3. elevated, raised, lofty, prominent, towering, high, skyhigh, skyscraping. 4. laborious, arduous, strenuous,… …
25upward — adv 1. up, upwards, straight up, skyward, heavenward, starward, to the stars, to the skies, into the wild blue yonder; upstream, upriver, uplong; uphill, to the top, Scot. upwith; upstairs, abovestairs, Dial. up steps; northward, up north; uptown …
26acclivity — n. slope upward. ♦ acclivitous, ♦ acclivous, a …
27acclivity — n. (pl. ies) an upward slope. Derivatives: acclivitous adj. Etymology: L acclivitas f. acclivis (as AC , clivis f. clivus slope) …
28ascending — I noun the act of changing location in an upward direction • Syn: ↑rise, ↑ascent, ↑ascension • Derivationally related forms: ↑ascensional (for: ↑ascension), ↑ …
