Vocab Unit 4

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