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24 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; repugnance; antipathy
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loath
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unwilling; adverse; disinclined; reluctant
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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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climactic
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arranged in order of increasing force and interest
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consummate
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oerfect; superb; carried to the highest degree
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eminence
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high rank
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preeminent
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standing above others; superior
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sublimate
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1. redirect the energy of a person's bad impulses into socially and morally higher channels
2. purigy; refine |
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vertex
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farthest point opposite the base, as in a triangle or pyramid; apex
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zenith
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1. highest point; culmination; peak
2. poin 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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declivity
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downward slope
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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; ascertain the depth of; fathom
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profound
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very deep; deeply felt; intellectualy deep
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filial
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of or like a son or daughter
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nepotism
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favoritism to relatives by those in power
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noisome
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1. offensive to smell; disgusting
2. harmful; noxious |
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olfactory
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pertaining to the sense of smell
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rank
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1. having a strong, bad odor or tasre; offensively gross or coarse
2. extreme |
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scent (v.)
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get a suspicion of
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