6
foray(noun, attack, assault, attempt, incursion)
6
inclination(noun, drop, decline, fall, rise)
6
letdown(noun, drop, decline, fall, blow)
6
raid(noun, attack, assault, seizure)
6
reverse(back, return, blow, slow, failure)
6
swoop(noun, drop, attack, fall, down)
5
acclivity(noun, rise, level, incline, slant)
5
attack
5
beginning
5
debasement(noun, decline, deterioration, decay, degeneration)
5
degeneration(noun, drop, end, decline, ruin)
5
discomfiture(noun, end, ruin, fall, blow)
5
downslope
5
ebbing(noun, drop, fall, decrease, failure)
5
family tree(noun, line, chart)
5
incursion(noun, attack, assault)
5
ramp(noun, rise, level, inclination, grade)
5
reduction(noun, drop, decline, decrease, tumble)
5
roots
5
seed(noun, kin, precede)
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