| prohibitive(tough, severe, painful, problematic, trying) | |
| ranking(adjective, top, high, over, up) | |
| rear | |
| rigid(tough, severe, painful, problematic, trying) | |
| rise | |
| senior(adjective, top, high, over, up) | |
| severe(tough, painful, problematic, trying) | |
| skyward | |
| spiral | |
| spire | |
| stand up | |
| stiff(tough, severe, painful, problematic, trying) | |
| strenuous(tough, severe, painful, problematic, trying) | |
| superior(adjective, top, high, over, up) | |
| surge | |
| toilsome(tough, severe, painful, problematic, trying) | |
| tower | |
| trying(tough, severe, painful, problematic) | |
| unyielding(tough, severe, painful, problematic, trying) | |
| up-stream |
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