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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
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involuntary
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not done of one's own free will, automatic, unintentional
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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 dislike for, 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, summit, peak
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apogee
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fathest point from the earth in the orbit of a heavenly body; highest point, culmination
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climatic
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arranged in order of increasing force and interest
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cosummate
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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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etheral
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of the heavens, celestial, airy
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exalt
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lift up with joy, pride, etc.
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precipice
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very steep, overhanging place, cliff
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preciptious
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steep as a precipice; hasty, rush
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preeminent
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standing above all others, superior
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sublimate
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redirect the energy of a person's bad impulses into socially adn morally higher channels
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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, apex
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zenith
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highest point, culmination, 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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absymal
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deep, profound
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abyss
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bottomless, very deep
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anticlimax
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abrupt decline, 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 fluid
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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, position, or dignity of
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humility
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freedom of pride, humbleness, lowliness, modesty
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menial
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;ow, mean, subservient, 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
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profound
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very deep, deeply felt
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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 of families descent, linegae
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gentility
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good manners
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kilth 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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neopotism
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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
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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
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fusty
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stale-smelling, musty
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inscense
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substance yielding a pleasant odor when burned
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malodorus
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ill-smelling, stinking, fetid
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noisome
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offensive to smell
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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 test
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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
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reek
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emit a strong, disagreeable smell
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scent (v)
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get a suspicion of
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unsavory
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unpleasant to taste of smell; morally offensive
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