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22 Cards in this Set
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alacrity
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cheerful willingness, readiness, liveliness
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aversion
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strong dislike, repugnance, antipathy
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involuntary
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not don of one's own free will, automatic, unintentional, spontaneous ( ant. voluntary )
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loth
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unwilling, averse, disinclined, reluctant ( adjective)
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loathe
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have an intense aversion to, detest ( verb )
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volition
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will
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acclivity
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upward slope ( ant declivity)
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acme
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highset point, pinnacle, summit
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apogee
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farthest pointfrom the earth in the orbit of a heavenly body ( ant perigee )
highest point, culmination |
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climactic
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arranged in order of increasing force and interest ( ant anticlimactic )
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consummate
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perfect, superb, carried to the highest degree
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eminence
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high rank
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eminent
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standing out, notable, famous
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ethereal
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of the heavens, celestial, airy, delicate, intangible
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exalt
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lift up with joy, pride, elate ( ant humiliate )
raise in rank, dignity, extol, glorify |
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precipice
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very steep, overhanging place, cliff
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precipitous
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steep as a precipice
hasty, rash |
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preeminent
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standing out abouve others, superior
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sublimate
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redirect the energy of a person's bad impulses into socially and moraly higher channels
purify, refine |
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sublime
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elevated, noble, exalted,uplifting
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vertex
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farthest point opposite the base, as in a triangle or pyramid, apex
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zenith
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highest point, culmination ( ant nadir )
point in the heavens directly overhead |
