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48 Cards in this Set
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alacrity
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cheerfull, willingness, readiness, liveliness.
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aversion
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strong dislike, repungance, antipathy
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involentary
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not done of ones own free will
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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
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apogee
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furthest point from the earth in the orbit of a heavenly body, highest point
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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, notable
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ethereal
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if the heavans, celestrial, airy, delicate
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exalt
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lit up with joy, pride
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precipice
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very steep, over hanging place, cliff
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precipitous
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steep as a precipice, 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 negative energy of a person into higher channels
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sublime
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elevated, noble, exalted, uplifting
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zenith
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highest point, culmination
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abject
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deserving comtemp, sunk to a low condition, wretched
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abysmal
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deep, profound, immeasurably deep
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abyss
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bottomless, immeasurably deep place
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chasm
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deep breach, wide gap or rift
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dregs
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most worhtless part, sediment to 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 low position or condition, not proud
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humiliate
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lower the pride, dignity, or position of one
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hulility
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freedom of pride, humbleness, lowness
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menial
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low, mean, subservient, servile
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nadir
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lowest point
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profound
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very deep, deeply felt
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ravine
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dee, narrow gorge worn by running water
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filial
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of or like son or daughter
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fraternal
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of or like brother
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gentility
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good manners, gentry, upper class
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kith and kin
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friends and relatives, kindered
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nepotism
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farvoritism to relatives by those of power
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progentior
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fore father
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progeny
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offspring, children, descendants
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aroma
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pleasent odor, bouquet
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fusty
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stale smelling, musty, moldy, old-fashioned
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noisome
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offensive to smell, disgusting, harmful, noxious
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oldfactory
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pertaining to the sense of smell
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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, extremely bad, corrupt
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rancid
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unpleasent to smell or taste for being spoiled
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rank
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having a strong, bad odor or taste, offensively coarse or gross
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