<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a collection of items or parts in one mass; assemblage; aggregation; heap: From the airplane the town resembled a congeries of tiny boxes.</li><li>the act, process, or fact of moving from a higher to a lower position.</li><li>a downward inclination or slope.</li><li>a passage or stairway leading down.</li><li>derivation from an ancestor; lineage; extraction.</li><li>any passing from higher to lower in degree or state; decline.</li><li>a sudden raid or hostile attack.</li><li>Law: transmission of real property by intestate succession.</li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>