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63 Cards in this Set
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cheerful willingness; readiness; liveliness
ex: Dr. Burke's class is one which pupils attend with alacrity and leace with reluctance. |
alacrity
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strong dislike; repugnance; antipathy
ex: Philip's aversion to worl led to his dismissal |
aversion
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not done of one's own free will; automatic; unintentinal; spontaneous(ant. voluntary)
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involuntary
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unwillng; averse; disclined; reluctant
ex: We were loath to leave our friends, but my father's tracsfer to California left us no choice. |
loath
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have an intense aversion to; detest
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loathe
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will
ex: Were you discharged or did you leave of your own volition? |
volition
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upward slope
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acclivity
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highest point; pinnacle; summit
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acme
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1. farthest point from the earth in the orbit of a heavenly body (ant. perigee)
2. higest point; culimation |
apogee
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arranged in order of increasing force and interest (ant. anticlimactic)
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climactic
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perfect; superb; carried to the highest degree
ex: The pilot guided the plane onto the runway with comsummate skill. |
consummate
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high rank
ex: Raised suddenly to an eminence for which he was ill qualified, the executive could not get along with his new subordinates. |
eminence
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standing out; notable; famous
ex: Emily Dickson was an eminent poet. |
eminent
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of the heavens; celestial; airy; delicate; intangible
ex: Charles was told by his employer, "Get rid of your ethereal notions and come down to earth." |
ethereal
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1. lift up with joy, pride, etc.; elate (ant. humiliate)
2. rise in rank, dignity, etc.; extol; glorify Some films have exalted criminals to the level of heroes. |
exalt
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very steep, overhanging place; cliff
ex: The climbers had to make a lengthy detour around an insurmountable precipice. |
precipice
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1. steep as a precipice
ex: She descended from the summit in low gear, using her brakes all the way, since the road was so precipitous. 2. hasty; rash ex: Dont rush into a precipitous action that you may later regret. Take your time. |
precipitous
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standing out above others; superior
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preeminent
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1. redirect the energy of a person's bad impulses into socially and morally higher channels
2. purify; refine |
sublimate
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elevated; noble; exalted; uplifting
ex: Visitors to the Grand Canyon are uplifted and refreshed by its sublime scenery |
sublime
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farthest point opposite the base, as in triangle or pyramid; apex
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vertex
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1. highest point; culmination (nadir)
2. point in the heavens directly overhead. |
zenith
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adj.
deserving contempt; sunk to a low condition |
abject
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adj.
deep; profound; imeeasurably great. |
abysmal
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n.
bottomless, immeasurably deep space ex: The sudden death of his closest friend threw Tennyson into an abyss of despair. |
abyss
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n.
abrupt decline from the dignified or important to the trivial or ludicrous; comedown; bathos |
anticlimatic
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n.
deep breach; wide gap or rift |
chasm
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n.
downward slope |
declivity
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n.
most worthless part; sediment at the bottom of a liquid |
dregs
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adj.
coarse; low |
earthy
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adj.
1. of low position or condition 2. not proud; unpretentious; modest; courteously respectful |
humble
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v.
lower the pride, position, or dignity of; abase; degrade; mortify (ant. exalt) |
humiliate
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n.
freedom from pride; humbleness; lowliness; modesty |
humility
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adj.
low; mean; subservant; servile |
menial
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n.
lowest point (ant. zenith) |
nadir
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v.
get to the bottom of ascertain the depth of; fathom |
plumb
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adj.
very deep; deeply felt; interllectually deep |
profound
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n.
deep, narrow gorge worn by running water |
ravine
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adj.
of or like a son or daughter |
filial
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adj.
of or like a brother |
fraternal
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n.
a person's or family's descent; lineage; pedigree |
genealogy
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n.
friends and relatives; kindred |
kith and kin
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adj.
of or like a mother |
maternal
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n.
favortism to relatives by those in power |
nepotism
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adj.
of or like a father |
paternal
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n.
forefather |
progenitor
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n.
offspring; children; descendants |
progeny
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n.
one of two or more children of a family |
sibling
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n.
pleasant odor; bouquet |
aroma
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adj.
sweet-scented; fragrant |
aromatic
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adj.
having a pleasant odor; pleasantly odorous or odoriferous |
fragrant
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1. stale-smelling; musty; moldy
2. old-fashioned |
fusty
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n.
substance yielding a pleasant odor when burned |
incense
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adj.
ill-smelling; stinking; fetid; unpleasant odorous |
malodorous
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adj.
1. offensive to smell; disgusting 2. harmful; noxious |
noisome
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adj.
pertaining to the sense of smell |
olfactory
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adj.
sharp in smell ot taste; acrid; biting; stimulating |
pungent
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adj.
1. stinking from decay 2. extremely bad; corrupt |
putrid
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adj.
1. having a strong, bad odor or taste; offensively gross or coarse 2. extreme |
rank
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v.
emit a strong, disagreeable smell; be permeated with |
reek
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smell; perfume
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scent
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v.
get a suspicion |
scent
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adj.
1. unpleasant to taste or smell 2. morally offensive |
unsavory
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