Vocabulary 3.15-3.21

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alacrity

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cheerful willingness,readiness,liveliness

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aversion

Back 2

strong dislike, repugnance,antipathy

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involuntary

Back 3

not done of one's own free will, automatic,unintentional,spontaneous (ant. voluntary)

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loath

Back 4

unwilling,averse,disinclined,reluctant

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loathe

Back 5

have an intense aversion to, detest

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volition

Back 6

will

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acclivity

Back 7

upward slope (declivity)

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acme

Back 8

highest point, pinnacle, summit

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apogee

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1. farthest point from eath in the orbit of a heavenly body (pedigee)

2. highest point, culmination

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climactic

Back 10

arranged in order of increasing force or interest (anticlimatic)

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consummate

Back 11

perfect, superb, carried to the highest degree

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eminence

Back 12

high rank

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eminent

Back 13

standing out, notable, famous

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ethereal

Back 14

of the heavens, celestial,airy, delicate, intanglible

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exalt

Back 15

lift up with joy, pride, etc., elate (humiliate)

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precipice

Back 16

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

Back 18

standing out above others, superior

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sublimate

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1. redierct the energy of a person's bad impulses into socially an d morally higher channels

2. purify, refine

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sublime

Back 20

elevated, noble, exalted, uplifting

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vertex

Back 21

farthest point opposite of the base, as in a triangle or pyramid, apex

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zenith

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1. highest point, culmination (nadir)
2. point in heavens diresctly overhead

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abject

Back 23

deserving contempt, sunk to a low condition, wretched

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abysmal

Back 24

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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aburt decline from the dignified or important to the trivial or ludicrous, comedown, bathos (climax)

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chasm

Back 27

deep breach,wide gap or rift

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declivity

Back 28

downward slope (acclivity)

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dregs

Back 29

most worthless part, sediment at the bottom of a liquid

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earthy

Back 30

coarse, low

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humble

Back 31

1. of low position or condition
2. not proud, unpretentious, modest, courteously respectful

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humiliate

Back 32

lower the pride, position, or dignity of; abase, degrade, mortify (exalt)

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humility

Back 33

freedom from pride, humbleness, lowliness, modest

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menial

Back 34

low, mean, subservient, servile

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nadir

Back 35

lowest point (zenith)

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plumb

Back 36

get to the bottom of, ascertain the depth of, fathom

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profound

Back 37

very deep, deeply felt, intellectually deep

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ravine

Back 38

deep, narrow gorge worn by running water

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filial

Back 39

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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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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nepotism

Back 45

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 or two more children of a family

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aroma

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pleasant odor, bouquet

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aromatic

Back 51

sweet-scented, fragrant

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fragrant

Back 52

having a pleassant odor, pleasantly odorus or odoriferous

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fusty

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1. stale smelling, musty, moldy
2. old-fashioned

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incense

Back 54

substance yielding a pleasant odor when burned

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malodorous

Back 55

ill-smelling, stinking, fetid, unpleasantly odorus

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noisome

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1. offensive to smell, disgusting
2. harmful, noxious

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olfactory

Back 57

pertaining to the sense of smell

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pungent

Back 58

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

Back 60

upleasant 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

Back 63

smell perfume

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scent

Back 64

get a suspicion of

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unsavory

Back 65

1. unpleasant to taste or smell
2. morally offensive