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64 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 done of one's own free will; automatic; unintentional; spontaneous
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loath
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unwilling; averse; disinclined; 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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1. FARTHEST POINT FROM THE EARTH IN THE ORBIT OF A HEAVENLY BODY
2.HIGHEST POINT; CULMINATION |
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CLIMACTIC
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ARRANGED IN ORDER OF INCREASING FORCE AND INTREST
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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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1. LIFT UP WITH JOY, PRIDE, ETC.; ELATE
2.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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1. STEEP AS A PRECIPICE
2.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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1. REDIRECT THE ENEGY OF A PERSON'S BAD IMPULSES INTO SOCIALLY AND MORALLY HIGHER CHANNELS
2. 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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1. HIGHEST POINT; CULMINATION
2. 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
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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
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DREGS
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MOST WORTHLESS PART; SEDIMENT AT THE BOTTOM OF LIQUID
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EARTHY
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COARSE; LOW
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HUMBLE
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1. OF LOW POSITION OR CONDITION
2. 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; SUSERVIENT; SERVILE
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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; 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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1. GOOD MANNERS
2. GENTRY; UPPER CLASS |
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KITH AND KIN
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FRIENDS AND RELATIVES; KINDRED
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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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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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FUSTY
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1. STALE-SMELLING; MUSTY; MOLDY
2. 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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1. OFFENSIVE TO SMELL; DISGUSTING
2. 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; STIMULATING
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PUTRID
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1. STINKING FROM DECAY
2. 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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1. HAVING A STRONG, BAD ODOR OR TASTE; OFFENSIVELY GROSS OR COARSE
2. EXTREME |
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REEK
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EMIT A STRONG, DISAGREEABLE SMELL; BE PERMEATED WITH
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SCENT
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SMELL; PERFUME
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SCENT
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GET SUSPICION OF
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UNSAVORY
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1. UNPLEASANT TO TASTE OR SMELL
2. MORALLY OFFENSIVE |