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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | slope |
| Synonyms: | acclivity, approach, ascent, cant, declivity, descent, dip, grade, gradient, inclination, lean, leaning, plane, ramp, rise, slant, tilt |
| Main Entry: | line |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ancestry |
| Synonyms: | breed, descent, family, heredity, lineage, pedigree, race, stock, strain, succession |
| Main Entry: | lineage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ancestry |
| Synonyms: | birth, blood, breed, clan, descendants, descent, extraction, family, folk, forebears, genealogy, heredity, house, kin, kindred, line, offspring, origin, pedigree, progenitors, progeny, race, stirps, stock, succession, tribe |
| Notes: | linage (pronounced LYE-nij) refers to the number of lines of printed material, as in a newspaper; lineage (pronounced LIN-ee-ij) refers to ancestry, derivation, or line of descent |
| Main Entry: | origin |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | family, heritage |
| Synonyms: | ancestry, beginnings, birth, blood, descent, extraction, lineage, maternity, parentage, paternity, pedigree, stock |
| Main Entry: | pedigree |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ancestry, heritage |
| Synonyms: | blood, breed, clan, derivation, descent, extraction, family, family tree, genealogy, heredity, line, lineage, origin, race, stirps, stock |
| Main Entry: | plunge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | quick drop; enthusiastic attempt |
| Synonyms: | belly flop, descent, dive, duck, dunk, fall, high dive, immersion, investment, jump, nose-dive, spree, submergence, submersion, swoop, venture |
| Antonyms: | ascent, increase, rise |
| Main Entry: | raid |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | attack, seizure |
| Synonyms: | arrest, assault, break-in, bust, capture, descent, foray, forced entrance, hit-and-run, incursion, inroad, invasion, irruption, onset, onslaught, pull, reconnaissance, roundup, sally, shootup, sortie, surprise attack, sweep, tipover |
| Main Entry: | roots |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ancestry |
| Synonyms: | background, birthplace, blood, breed, descent, family history, family tree, genealogy, heritage, kindred, line, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, race |
| Main Entry: | slope |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | slant, tilt |
| Synonyms: | abruptness, bank, bend, bevel, bias, cant, declination, declivity, deflection, descent, deviation, diagonal, downgrade, gradient, hill, inclination, incline, lean, leaning, obliqueness, obliquity, pitch, ramp, rise, rising ground, shelf, skew, steepness, swag, sway, tip |
| Antonyms: | evenness, level |
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