“At last he walked his steed up the acclivity, carrying his rifle at the ready.”
-The Daughter of Erlik Khan
ac•cliv•i•ty
[əˈklivədē]
NOUN
1. an upward slope.
ORIGIN
early 17th cent.: from Latin acclivitas, from acclivis, from ad- ‘toward’ + clivus ‘a slope.’
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