Ap English Vocab Ch 3.11-15

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alacrity

Back 1

cheerful willingness, readiness, liveliness

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aversion

Back 2

strong dislike, repugnance, antipathy

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involuntary

Back 3

not done of one's own free will, automatic, unintentional, spontaneous (voluntary)

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loath

Back 4

unwilling, averse, disinclined, reluctant

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loathe

Back 5

have an intense aversion to, detest

Front 6

volition

Back 6

will

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acclivity

Back 7

upward slope (declivity)

Front 8

acme

Back 8

highest point, pinnacle, summit

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apogee

Back 9

farthest point from the earth in the orbit of a heavenly body (perigee); highest point, culmination

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climatic

Back 10

arranged in order of increasing force and interest (anticlimactic)

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consummate

Back 11

perfect, superb, carried to the highest degree

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eminence; eminent

Back 12

high rank; standing out, notable, famous

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ethereal

Back 13

of the heavens, celestial, airy, delicate, intangible

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exalt

Back 14

lift up with joy, pride,,elate (humiliate); raise in rank, dignity,, extol, glorify

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precipice; precipitous

Back 15

very steep or overhanging place, cliff; steep as a precipice,, or a hasty, rash

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preeminent

Back 16

standing out above others, superior

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sublimate

Back 17

redirect the energy of a person's bad impulses into socially and morally higher channels; purify, refine

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sublime

Back 18

elevated, noble, exalted, uplifting

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vertex

Back 19

farthest point opposite the base, as in a triangle, apex

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zenith

Back 20

highest point, culmination, peak (nadir); point in the heavens directly overhead

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abject

Back 21

deserving contempt, sunk to a low condition, wretched

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abysmal

Back 22

deep, profound, immeasurably great

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abyss

Back 23

bottomless depth, immeasurably great space

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anticlimax

Back 24

abrupt decline from the dignified or important to the trivial or ludicrous, comedown, bathos (climax)

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chasm

Back 25

deep breach, wide gap or rift

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declivity

Back 26

downward slope (acclivity)

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dregs

Back 27

most worthless part, sediment at the bottom of a liquid

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earthy

Back 28

down to earth, realistic, coarse, low

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humble

Back 29

of low position or condition; not proud, unpretentious, modest, respectful

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humiliate; humility

Back 30

lower the pride, position, or dignity,, abase, degrade, mortify (exalt); freedom from pride, humbleness, lowliness, modesty

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menial

Back 31

low, mean, subservient, servile

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nadir

Back 32

lowest point (zenith)

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plumb

Back 33

get to the bottom of, ascertain the depth of, fathom

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profound

Back 34

very deep, deeply felt, intellectually deep

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ravine

Back 35

deep, narrow gorge worn by running water

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consanguinity

Back 36

blood relationship

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filial

Back 37

of or like a son or daughter

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fraternal

Back 38

of or like a brother

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genealogy

Back 39

a person's or family's descent, linage, pedigree

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gentility

Back 40

good manners; gentry, upper class

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kith and kin

Back 41

friends and relatives, kindred

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maternal

Back 42

like a mother

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nepotism

Back 43

favoritism to relatives by those in power

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paternal

Back 44

like a father

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progenitor; progeny

Back 45

forefather; offspring, children, descendants

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sibling

Back 46

one of two or more children or a family

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aroma; aromatic

Back 47

pleasant odor, bouquet; sweet scented, fragrant

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fragrant

Back 48

having a pleasant odor, pleasantly odorous

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fusty

Back 49

stale smelling, musty, moldy; old fashioned

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incense

Back 50

substance yielding a pleasant odor when burned

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malodorous

Back 51

ill smelling, stinking, fetid, unpleasantly odorous

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noisome

Back 52

offensive to smell, disgusting; harmful, noxious

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olfactory

Back 53

pertaining to the sense of smell

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pungent

Back 54

sharp in smell or taste, acrid, biting, stimulating

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putrid

Back 55

stinking from decay; corrupt

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rancid

Back 56

unpleasant to smell or taste from being spoiled or stale

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rank

Back 57

having a strong, bad odor or taste, offensively gross or coarse; extreme

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reek

Back 58

emit a strong, disagreeable smell, be permeated with

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scent; scent

Back 59

smell, perfume; get a suspicion of

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unsavory

Back 60

unpleasant to taste or smell; morally offensive