upward+slope
21rise — v 1. get up, arise, levitate, ascend, uprise; get on one s feet, leap up, jump up, spring up, bolt up; clamber up, climb up, scale, go up, Inf. shin up, Inf. shinny up, Inf. shimmy up; scramble up, scrabble up, work one s way up, escalade,… …
22rise — [n1] increase, improvement acceleration, accession, accretion, addition, advance, advancement, aggrandizement, ascent, augmentation, boost, breakthrough, climb, distention, doubling, enlargement, growth, heightening, hike, increment, inflation,… …
23up|hill — «adjective, noun. UHP HIHL; adverb. UHP HIHL», adjective, adverb, noun. –adj. 1. up the slope of a hill; upward: »It is an uphill road all the way. 2. situated on high ground; elevated: »an uphill pasture. 3. Figurative. difficult: »an uphill… …
24up — I. adverb Etymology: partly from Middle English up upward, from Old English ūp; partly from Middle English uppe on high, from Old English; both akin to Old High German ūf up and probably to Latin sub under, Greek hypo under, hyper over more at… …
25rise — /ruyz/, v., rose, risen /riz euhn/, rising, n. v.i. 1. to get up from a lying, sitting, or kneeling posture; assume an upright position: She rose and walked over to greet me. With great effort he rose to his knees. 2. to get up from bed, esp. to… …
26batter — I. verb Etymology: Middle English bateren, probably frequentative of batten to bat, from bat Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. a. to beat with successive blows so as to bruise, shatter, or demolish b. bombard 2. to subject to strong,… …
27Risk aversion — is a concept in psychology, economics, and finance, based on the behavior of humans (especially consumers and investors) while exposed to uncertainty. Risk aversion is the reluctance of a person to accept a bargain with an uncertain payoff rather …
28batter — batter1 /bat euhr/, v.t. 1. to beat persistently or hard; pound repeatedly. 2. to damage by beating or hard usage: Rough roads had battered the car. High winds were battering the coast. v.i. 3. to deal heavy, repeated blows; pound steadily:… …
29coastal landforms — ▪ geology Introduction any of the relief features present along any coast, the result of a combination of processes, sediments, and the geology of the coast itself. The coastal environment of the world is made up of a wide variety of… …
30ascent — n 1. rising, arising, uprising; levitating, floating; soaring, flying; shooting up, springing up, sprouting, creeping up. 2. climbing, mounting, moving upward, surmounting, traveling up; scaling, scrambling, clambering, shin nying, escalading. 3 …
