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65 Cards in this Set
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alacrity
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cheerful willingness
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aversion
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storng dislike, repugnance, antipathy
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involuntary
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not done of ones own free will, unintentional
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loath
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unwilling, averse, 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/ 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 highest degree
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eminence
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high rank
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eminent
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notable, famous
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ethereal
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celestial, airy, delicate
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exalt
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lift up w/ joy or pride
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precipice
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cliff, very steep, overhanging
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precipitous
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steep as a prcipice, hasty/rash
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preeminent
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superior, standing out above all others
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sublimate
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redirect the energy of a person bad impulses into socially and morally higher channels/purify, refine
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sublime
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elevated, noble, uplifting
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vertex
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farthest point opposite the base as in a triangle or pyramid
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zenith
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highest point, culmination, point in heavens directly overhead
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abject
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deserving contempt, 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 form the dignified/bathos, comedown
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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 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, unpretentious, modest
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humiliate
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lower the pride or position of, degrade
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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, subserviant
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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, fathom, ascertain to the depth of
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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 son or daughter
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fraternal
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of or like brother
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genealogy
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lineage, person's descent, pedigree
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gentility
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good manners, upper class
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kith and kin
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kindred, 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 relative by those in power
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paternal
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of or like father
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progenitor
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forefather
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progeny
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offspring, descendants
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sibling
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one of 2 or more children of the same 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 pleasant odor, pleasant odorous
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fusty
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musty, moldy, stale-smelling, old-fashioned
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incense
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subatance yielding a pleasant odor when burned
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malodorous
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stinking, ill-smelling, fetid
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noisome
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offensive to smell, harmful, noxious, disgusting
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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,scrid, biting, stimulating
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putrid
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stinking from decay, 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, extreme
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reek
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emit a strong, disagreeable smell
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scent (nose!)
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smell, perfume
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scent
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get a suspicion of
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unsavory
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unpleasant to taste or smell, morally offensive
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