Mr. Lenz Vocab 4

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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 done of one's own free will; automatic; unintentional; spontaneous (antonym= voluntary)x

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loath

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unwilling; averse; disincline; reluctant

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loathe

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have an intense aversion to; detest

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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; pinnacle; summit

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apogee

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farthest point from earth in the orbit of a heavenly body or the highest point; culmination

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climactic

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arranged in order of increasing force and interest

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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; inatngible

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exalt

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lift up with joy, pride, etc.; elate (antonym= humiliate) or to raise in rank, dignity, etc.; 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 or hasty; rash

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preeminent

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standing out above others; superior

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sublimate

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redirect the energy of a person's bad impulses into socially and morally higher channels. or to 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 (antonym= nadir) or a point in the heavens directly overhead

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abject

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deserving contempt; sunk to a low condition; wretched

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abysmal

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deep; profound; immeasurably great

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abyss

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bottomless, immeasurably deep space

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anticlimax

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abrupt decline from the dignified or important to the trivial or ludicrous; comedown; bathos (antonym=climax)

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chasm

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deep breach; wide gap or rift

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declivity

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downward slope (antonym= Activity)

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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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coarse; low

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humble

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of a low position or condition or not proud; unpretentious; modest; courteously respectful

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humiliate

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lower the pride, position, or dignity of, abase; degrade; mortify

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humility

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freedom from pride; humbleness; lowliness; modesty

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menial

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low; mean; subservient; servile

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nadir

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lowest point (antonym= zenith)

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plumb

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

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profound

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very deep; deeply felt; intellectually deep

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ravine

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deep, narrow gorge worn by running 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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genealogy

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a person's or family's descent; lineage; pedigree

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gentility

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good manners or gentry; upper class

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kitha nd kin

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friends and relatives; kindred

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maternal

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of or like amother

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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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forefather

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progeny

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offspring; children; descendants

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sibling

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one of two or more children of a family

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aroma

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pleasant odor; bouquet

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aromatic

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sweet-scented; fragrant

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fragrant

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having a pleasant odor; pleasantly odorous or odoriferous

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fusty

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stale-smelling; musty; moldy or old-fashioned

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incense

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substance yielding a pleasant odor when burned

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malodorous

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ill-smelling; stinking; fetid; unpleasantly odorous

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noisome

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offensive to smell; disgusting or harmful; noxious

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olfactory

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pertaining to the sense of smell

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pungent

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sharp in smell or taste; acrid; biting; stimulationg

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putrid

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stinking from decay or extremely bad; corrupt

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rancid

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unpleasant 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; offensively gross or coarse or extreme

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reek

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emit a strong, disagreeable smell; be permeated with

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scent (noun)

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smell; perfume

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scent (verb)

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get a suspicion of

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unsavory

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unpleasant to taste or smell or morally offensive