95285206 | alacrity | cheerful willingness;readiness; liveliness | |
95285207 | aversion | strong dislike;repugnance; antipathy | |
95285208 | involuntary | not done of one's own free will; automatic; unintentional; spontaneous | |
95285209 | loath | unwilling; averse; disinclined; reluctant | |
95285210 | loathe | have an intense aversion; detest | |
95285211 | volition | will | |
95285212 | acclivity | upward slope | |
95285213 | acme | highest point; pinnacle; summit | |
95285214 | apogee | 1. farthest point from the earth in the orbit of a heavenly body 2. highest point; culmination | |
95285215 | climactic | arranged in order of increasing force and interest | |
95285216 | consummate | perfect; superb; carried to the highest degree | |
95285217 | eminence | high rank | |
95285218 | eminent | standing out; notable; famous | |
95285219 | ethereal | of the heavens; celestial;airy;delicate;intangible | |
95285220 | exalt | 1. lift up with joy, pride, etc 2. raise in rank, dignity, etc | |
95285221 | precipice | very steep or overhanging place; cliff | |
95285222 | precipitous | 1.steep as a precipice 2.hasty; rash | |
95285223 | preeminent | standing our above others; superior | |
95285224 | sublimate | 1.redirect the energy of a person's bad impulses into socially and morally higher channels 2.purify; refine | |
95285225 | sublime | elevated;noble;exalted;uplifting | |
95285226 | vertex | farthest point opposite the base, as in a triangle or pyramid | |
95285227 | zenith | 1. highest point;culmination;peak 2.point in the heavens directly overhead | |
95285228 | abject | deserving contempt; sunk to a low condition; wretched | |
95285229 | abysmal | deep; profound; immeasurably great | |
95285230 | abyss | bottomless depth;immeasurably great space | |
95285231 | anticlimax | abrupt decline from the dignified or important to the trivial or ludicrous; comedown | |
95285232 | chasm | deep breach; wide gap or rift | |
95285233 | declivity | downward slope | |
95285234 | dregs | most worthless part; sediment at the bottom of a liquid | |
95285235 | earthy | down to earth; realistic | |
95285236 | humble | 1. of low position or condition 2. not proud; unpretentious; modest | |
95285237 | menial | low;mean;subservient;servile | |
95285238 | nadir | lowest point | |
95285239 | plumb | get to the bottom of; ascertain the depth of; fathom | |
95285240 | profound | very deep; deeply felt; intellectually deep | |
95285241 | ravine | deep, narrow gorge worn by running water | |
95285242 | consanguinity | blood relationship | |
95285243 | filial | of or like a son or daughter | |
95285244 | fraternal | of or like a brother | |
95285245 | genealogy | a person's family's descent | |
95285246 | gentility | 1.good manners 2.gentry; upper class | |
95285247 | kith and kin | friends and relatives | |
95285248 | maternal | of or like a mother | |
95285249 | nepotism | favoritism to relatives by those in power | |
95285250 | paternal | of or like a father | |
95285251 | progenitor | forefather | |
95285252 | progeny | offspring;children | |
95285253 | sibling | one of two or more children of a family | |
95285254 | aroma | pleasant odor | |
95285255 | aromatic | sweet-scented;fragrant | |
95285256 | fragrant | having a pleasant odor; pleasantly odorous or odoriferous | |
95285257 | fusty | 1. stale-smelling;musty;moldy 2.old-fashioned | |
95285258 | incense | substance yielding a pleasant odor when burned | |
95285259 | malodorous | ill-smelling;stinking;fetid | |
95285260 | noisome | 1.offensive to smell; disgusting 2.harmful;noxious | |
95285261 | olfactory | pertaining to the sense of smell | |
95285262 | pungent | sharp in smell or taste; acrid; biting;stimulating | |
95285263 | putrid | 1.stinking from decay 2.extreamly bad; corrupt | |
95285264 | rancid | unpleasant to smell or taste from being spoiled or stale | |
95285265 | rank | 1.having a strong,bad odor or taste 2.extreme | |
95285266 | reek | emit a strong, disagreeable smell | |
95285267 | scent | 1.smell; perfume 2.get a suspicion of | |
95285268 | unsavory | 1.unpleasent to taste or smell 2.morally offensive |
Vocab Unit 4
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