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66 Cards in this Set
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alcrity
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cheerful willingness
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aversion
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strong dislike
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involuntary
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not done on ones free will
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loath
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unwilling
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loathe
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have an intense aversion to
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volition
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will
ex) "were you allowed to leave the school at your own volition?" |
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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 from the earth in the orbit of a heavenly body.
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climactic
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arranged in increasing force and interest
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consummate
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perfect; suburb
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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; delicate
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exalt
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lift up with joy
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precipice
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very steep
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precipitious
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steep as precipice
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precipitious
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steep as precipice
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preeminent
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standing out above all others
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sublimate
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redirect the energy of a person's impulses into socially and morally higher impulses.
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sublime
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elevated; noble; elevating
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vertex
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furthest point opposite the base
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zenith
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highest point
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abject
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deserving contempt; sunk to a low condition
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abysmal
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deep; immeasurably great
ex) I can not believe my abysmal lack of attention! |
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abyss
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bottomless, immeasurably deep space
ex) He had an abyss amount of anxiety to eat the chicken. |
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anticlimax
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abrupt decline from the dignified or important to the trivial or ludicrous
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chasm
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wide gap or rift
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declivity
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downward slope
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dregs
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most worthless part
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earthy
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coarse; low
ex) you are mean! You have an extremely earthy personality. |
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humble
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1.of low position or condition
2. not proud or concieted |
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humiliate
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lower the pride, position, or dignity of
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humility
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freedom from pride; humbleness
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menial
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mean
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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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profound
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very deep; complex
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ravine
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deep, narrow gorge run by water
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filial
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of or like a son or daughter
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fraternal
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of or like a brother
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geneaology
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a person's or family's descent
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gentility
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good manners
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kith and kin
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friends and relatives
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maternal
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of or like a mother
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nepotism
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favoritism to relatives by those in power
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paternal
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of or like a father
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progenitor
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fore father
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progeny
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offspring
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sibling
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one of two or more children in a family
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aroma
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pleasent odor
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aromatic
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sweet scented
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fragrent
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having a pleasent odor
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fusty
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stale smelling; moldy
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incense
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substance yeilding a pleasant odor when burned
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molodorous
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ill smelling
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noisome
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offensive to smell
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noisome
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offensive to smell; disgusting
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olfactory
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pertaining the smell of
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pungent
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sharp smell or taste
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putrid
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stinking from decay
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rancid
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unpleasent to smell or taste from being spoiled or stale
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rank
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having a strong, bad odor or taste
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reek
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emit a strong, disagreeable smell
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scent
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smell; perfume
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scent
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get a suscpicion of
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