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65 Cards in this Set
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Alacrity |
Cheerful willingness; readiness |
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Involuntary |
Not done of one's free will; automatic |
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Loath |
Unwilling; averse; disinclined |
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Loathe |
Intense aversion; detest |
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Aversion |
Strong dislike; antipathy |
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Volition |
Will |
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Acclivity |
Upward slope |
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Acme |
Highest point; pinnacle |
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Apogee |
Farthest point from the earth ... |
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Climactic |
Arranged in order of increasing force and interest |
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Consummate |
Perfect; superb |
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Eminence |
High rank |
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Eminent |
Standing out; famous |
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Ethereal |
Of the heavens; delicate; celestial |
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Exalt |
Lift up with joy, pride, etc. |
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Precipice |
Very steep or overhanging place; cliff |
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Precipitous |
Steep as a precipice; hasty; rash |
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Preeminent |
Standing out above others; superior |
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Sublimate |
Redirect the energy of a person's bad impulse into socially and morally higher channels |
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Sublime |
Elevated; noble; |
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Vertex |
Farthest point opposite the base as a triangle or pyramid |
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Zenith |
Highest point; peak OR Point in the heavens directly overhead |
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Abject |
Deserving contempt; sunk to a low condition |
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Abysmal |
Deep; profound; immeasurably great |
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Abyss |
Bottomless depth |
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Anticlimax |
Abrupt decline from the dignified or important to the trivial or ludicrous |
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Chasm |
Deep breach; wide gap or rift |
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Declivity |
Downward slope |
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Dregs |
Most worthless part; sediment at the bottom of a liquid |
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Earthly |
Down-to-earth; realistic; low |
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Humble |
Of low position or condition Or Not proud; unpretentious; modest |
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Humiliate |
Lower pride; position or dignity of; abase; degrade |
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Humility |
Freedom from pride |
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Menial |
Low; mean; |
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Nadir |
Lowest point |
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Plumb |
Get to the bottom of; ascertain the depth |
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Profound |
Very deep; deeply felt |
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Ravine |
Deep; narrow gorge worn by running water |
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Consanguinuity |
Blood relationship |
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Filial |
Of or like a son or daughter |
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Fraternal |
Of or like a brother |
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Genealogy |
A person's or family's decent; lineage; pedigree |
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Gentility |
Good manners OR Gentry; upper class |
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Kith and kin |
Friends and relatives; kindred |
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Maternal |
Of or like a mother |
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Nepotism |
Favoritism to relatives by those in power |
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Paternal |
Of or like a father |
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Progenitor |
Forefather |
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Progeny |
Offspring; children |
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Sibling |
One of two or more children of a family |
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Aroma |
Pleasant odor; bouquet |
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Aromatic |
Sweet-scented; fragrant |
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Fragrant |
Having a pleasant odor; pleasantly odorous |
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Fusty |
Stale-smelling; musty; moldy |
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Incense |
Substance yielding a pleasant odor when burned |
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Malodorous |
Ill-smelling; stinking; fetid; unpleasantly odorous |
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Noisome |
Offensive smell; disgusting OR Haemful; noxious |
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Olfactory |
Pertaining to the sense of smell |
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Pungent |
Sharp in smell or taste; acrid; biting; stimulating |
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Putrid |
Stinking from decay OR Extremely bad; corrupt |
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Rancid |
Unpleasant to smell or taste from being spoiled or stale |
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Rank |
Having a strong, bad odor or taste; offensively gross or coarse OR Extreme |
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Reek |
Emit a strong, disagreeable smell; be permeated with |
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Scent |
Smell; perfume |
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Unsavory |
Unpleasant to taste or smell Or Morally offensive |
