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inclement adj. extreme, intemperate, severe, harsh, rigorous; stormy,<br />

violent, rainy, squally, blustery, raw, bad, tempestuous: We<br />

are expecting inclement weather for the weekend.<br />

inclination<br />

n. 1 bow, bowing, bend, bending, nod, nodding, tilt, tilting:<br />

His tacit sign of recognition was an inclination of his head. 2<br />

slope, slant, angle, bend, incline, tilt: The inclination of<br />

the track is far too steep for such a vehicle. 3 disposition,<br />

predisposition, tendency, bent, bias, leaning, preference, turn,<br />

cast, proclivity, propensity, attitude, proneness,<br />

susceptibility, predilection, partiality, affection, taste,<br />

liking, desire, velleity: His inclination in favour of the<br />

offer is largely instinctive. 4 desire, longing, craving,<br />

appetite, taste, stomach, sympathy, predilection, penchant,<br />

fancy, eagerness, enthusiasm, zeal, fervour, ardour: I have no<br />

inclination to watch open-heart surgery.<br />

incline v. 1 tend, lean, bend, bow, slant, tilt, angle, bank, slope,<br />

ascend, rise, descend: The road inclines to the horizontal<br />

after a curve. 2 dispose, influence, persuade, predispose,<br />

make, lead, prejudice, bias: Their accents might incline you to<br />

think of them as foreigners. 3 tend, lean, gravitate, show<br />

favour or preference, be attracted to, be biased or prejudiced,<br />

have a mind; be disposed or predisposed, lean, tend: I incline<br />

towards the other candidate. He inclines towards corpulence.<br />

--n. 4 slope, pitch, grade, gradient, slant, ramp, hill, dip,<br />

descent, declivity, rise, ascent, acclivity: The car picked up<br />

speed going down one incline and slowed going up the next.<br />

inclined adj. 1 tending, disposed, predisposed, prone, willing, keen,<br />

eager, Colloq of a mind: Though she is inclined to believe she<br />

has doubts. 2 likely, apt, liable, minded, prone: He is<br />

equally inclined to kiss you as kill you. 3 sloping, slanting,<br />

leaning, bending, tilting, gravitating, bearing, verging: This<br />

wall is slightly inclined towards the river.<br />

include v. 1 incorporate, embody, comprise, embrace, cover, encompass,<br />

take in, subsume, comprehend, contain: Staff changes are<br />

included in the plan for reorganization. 2 classify,<br />

categorize, group, file, list, catalogue, tabulate, register:<br />

Did you include psychology among the social sciences? 3

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