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38 Cards in this Set
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alacricity
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cheerful willingness, readiness
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volition
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will
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acclivity
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upward slope
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acme
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highest point
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apogee
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highest point, farthest point from the earth in the orbit of a heavenly body
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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, famous
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ethereal
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of the heavens, intangible
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exalt
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lift up with joy, raise in rank
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precipice
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very steep or overhanging place, cliff
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precipitous
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steep as a precipice, hasty, rash
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preeminate
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standing out above others, superior
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sublimate
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redeirect the energy of a person's bad impulses into socially and morally higher channels, purify
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zenith
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highest point, culmination
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abject
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deserving contempt
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abysmal
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deep, profound
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abyss
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botomless depth
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declivity
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downward sloap
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dregs
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most worthless part, sediment at the bottom of a liquid
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earthy
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down-to-earth, realistic
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humble
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of low position or condition, not proud, courteously respectful
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menial
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low, mean, suvservient
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nadir
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lowest point
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plumb
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get to the bottom of
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ravine
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deep, narrow gorge worn by running water
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consanguinity
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blood relationship
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filial
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of or like a son or daughter
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genealogy
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a person's or family's descent
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gentility
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good manners, upper class
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kith and kin
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friends and relatives
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progenitor
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forefather
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progeny
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offspring, children, descendants
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fusty
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stale-smelling, moldy, old-fashioned
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noisome
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offensive to smell, disgusting, harmful
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pungent
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sharp in smell or taste, acrid, biting, stimulating
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putrid
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stinking frrom decay, corrupt
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rancid
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unpleasant to smell from being spoiled or stale
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