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| alacrity | cheerful willingness |
| aversion | strong dislike |
| loath | averse |
| volition | will |
| acclivity | upward slope |
| acme | highest point |
| apogee | acme |
| climactic | arranged in order of importance |
| consumate | perfect |
| eminence | high ranking |
| ethereal | airy, delicate, heavenly |
| exalt | raise in rank or respect |
| precipice | cliff |
| precipitous | hasty and unwise |
| preeminent | superior |
| sublimate | redirect evil impulses toward good |
| sublime | uplifting, exalted |
| vertex | acme or apogee |
| zenith | highest point |
| abject | wretched |
| abyss | bottomless pit |
| anticlimax | comedown after a high point |
| chasm | deep or wide gap |
| declivity | downward slope |
| dregs | worthless part, sediment at the bottom |
| earthy | crude, coarse |
| humble | not proud |
| humiliate | degrade, mortify |
| humility | freedom from pride |
| menial | low, not worthy of respect |
| nadir | antonym of acme or apogee |
| plumb | get to the bottom of |
| profound | intellectually deep |
| ravine | deep narror gorge |
| filial | like a son or daughter |
| fraternal | brotherly |
| genealogy | family history |
| gentility | refinement |
| kith and kin | friends and family |
| maternal | motherly |
| nepotism | favoring relatives by those in power |
| paternal | fatherly |
| progenitor | forefather |
| progeny | children of the progenitor |
| sibling | brother or sister |
| aromatic | pleasingly scented |
| fragrant | odoriferous |
| fusty | stale smelling |
| incense | material that emits a pleasant smell when burned |
| malodorous | stinking, fetid |
| noisome | disgusting |
| olfactory | pertaining to smell |
| pungent | sharp smelling |
| putrid | stinking from decay |
| rancid | stale or spoiled |
| rank | grossly odoriferous |
| reek | stongly smelly |
| scent | smell, frgrance |
| unsavory | unpleasant to taste or smell, morally offensive |
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