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A.Word.A.Day--acclivity acclivity (a-KLIV-i-tee) noun An upward slope. [From Latin acclivitas, from acclivis (uphill), from ad- + clivus (slope).] Wordpix: "A few days on the neighborhood acclivities and Fenton dropped his life goal of scaling Mt. Everest in favor of improving his bowling scores." This week's theme: wordpix, words drawn so that they explain themselves. X-Bonus Simplicity doesn't mean to live in misery and poverty. You have what you need, and you don't want to have what you don't need. -Charan Singh, mystic (1916-1990)

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