English Vocab.- 3.15-3.21
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- alacrity
- cheerful willingness, liveliness
- aversion
- strong dislike, repugnance
- involuntary
- not done of one's own free will, unintentional
- loath
- unwilling, reluctant
- loathe
- detest
- volition
- will
- acclivity
- upward slope
- acme
- highest point, pinnacle
- apogee
-
farthest point from earth in an orbit
highest point - climatic
- arranged in order of increasing force and interest
- consummate
- perfect, superb
- eminence
- high rank
- eminent
- standing out, notable, famous
- ethereal
- of the heavens, ariy, delicate
- exalt
-
lift up with joy, pride
raise in rank, glorify - precipice
- very steep, cliff
- precipitous
-
steep as a precipice
hasty, rash - preeminent
- standing out, superior
- sublimate
-
redirect energy to morally higher paths
purify, refine - sublime
- elevated, noble, uplifting
- vertex
- farthest point opposite the base
- zenith
-
highest point
point in the heavens directly overhead - abject
- sunk to a low condition, wretched
- abysmal
- deep, immeasurably great
- abyss
- bottomless, immeasurably deep space
- anticlimax
- from important to ridiculous
- chasm
- deep breach, wide gap
- declivity
- downward slope
- dregs
-
most worthless part
sediment at the bottom of a liquid - earthy
- coarse, low
- humble
-
of low position or condition
not proud, modest - humiliate
- lower the pride or dignity of
- humility
- lowliness, modesty
- menial
- low, mean
- nadir
- lowest point
- plumb
- get to the bottom of
- profound
- very deep, intellectualy deep
- ravine
- deep, narrow gorge worn by running water
- filial
- of or like a son or daughter
- fraternal
- or of like a brother
- genealogy
- lineage, descent
- gentility
-
good manners
upper class - kith and kin
- friends and relatives
- maternal
- of or like a mother
- nepotism
- favoritism to relatives by those in power
- paternal
- of or like a father
- progenitor
- forefather
- progeny
- offspring, children
- sibling
- brother or sister
- aroma
- pleasant odor
- aromatic
- sweet-scented
- fragrant
- having a pleasant odor
- fusty
- stale-smelling, musty, moldy
- incense
- substance yielding a pleasant odor when burned
- malodorous
- stinking
- noisome
-
offensive to smell, disgusting
harmful - olfactory
- pertaining to the sense of smell
- pungent
- sharp in smell or taste, biting
- putrid
-
stinking from decay
extremely bad, corrupt - rancid
- umpleasant to smell or taste from being spoiled or stale
- rank
-
having bad odor or taste
extreme - reek
- emit a strong, disagreeable smell
- scent
- smell, perfume
- scent (v.)
- get a suspicion of
- unsavory
-
umpleasant to taste, smell
morally offensive