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"ascents" has 2 syllables: asc-ents. It rhymes with assents, if that helps it stick.
Sounds exactly like: assents — easy to mix up when writing.
noun
“He made a tedious ascent of Mont Blanc.”
“There is a difficult northern ascent from Malaucene of Mont Ventoux.”
Practicing rhymes trains the same ending sounds.
"Ascents" has 2 syllables: asc · ents.
Ascents: The act of ascending; a motion upwards.
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