| A | B |
|---|
| alacrity | cheerful willingness; readiness |
| aversion | strong dislike |
| loath | unwilling; reluctant |
| loathe | to detest; to have an intense aversion to |
| involuntary | not done of one's own free will; automatic; unintentional |
| voluntary | done by choice; intentional |
| volition | will |
| loathing | strong dislike or disgust; aversion |
| apogee | farthest point from the earth in the orbit of a heavenly body; highest point |
| ethereal | of the heavens; celestial; intangible |
| precipitous | steep as a precipice; hasty or rash |
| preeminent | standing out above others; superior |
| sublimate | to redirect the energy of a person's bad impulses; to refine |
| vertex | apex; the farthest point opposite a base in a triangle or pyramid |
| abject | deserving contempt; wretched |
| abysmal | deep; profound; immeasurably great |
| declivity | downward slope |
| menial | subservient; servile |
| nadir | lowest point |
| zenith | antonym of nadir - highest point |
| profound | deeply felt; intellectually deep |
| acclivity | opposite of declivity - upward slope |
| filial | of or like a son or daughter |
| fraternal | of or like a brother |
| maternal | of or like a mother |
| paternal | of or like a father |
| nepotism | favoritism to relatives by those in power |
| progenitor | forefather |
| progeny | offspring; children; descendants |
| aromatic | sweet-scented; fragrant |
| pungent | sharp in smell or taste; biting; stimulating |
| malodorous | stinking; fetid; ill-smelling |
| rancid | spoiled or stale; unpleasant to small or taste from being spoiled or stale |
| putrid | stinking from decay; extremely bad or morally corrupt |
| unsavory | unpleasant to taste or smell |
| savory | pleasant to taste or smell |
| olfactory | pertaining to the sense of smell |
| antediluvian | ancient; antiquated; before the flood |
| archaic | old-fashioned; no longer in use |
| callow | young and inexperienced |
| crone | withered old woman |
| decrepit | weakened by old age |
| defunct | dead; deceased; extinct |
