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Height and Depth vocab
English words concerning height and depth
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11th Grade
03/24/2009

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acclivity
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upward slope
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acme
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highest point; pinnacle; summit
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apogee
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1. farthest point from the earth in the orbit of a heavenly body
2. highest point, culmination
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climactic
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arranged in order of increasing force and interest
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consummate
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perfect; superb; carried to the highest degree
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eminence
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highest rank
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eminent
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standing out; notable; famous
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ethereal
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of the heavens; celestial; airy; delicate; intangible
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exalt
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lift up with joy, pride, etc
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precipice
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very steep or overhanging place; cliff
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precipitous
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steep as a precipice
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preeminent
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standing out above others; superior
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sublimate
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purify, refine
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sublime
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elevated; noble; exalted; uplifting
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vertex
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farthest point opposite the base, as in a triangle or pyramid; apex
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zenith
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highest point; culmination; peak; highest point in the heavens directly overhead
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abject
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deserving contempt; sunk to a low condition; wretched
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abysmal
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deep; profound; immeasurably great
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abyss
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bottomless depth; immeasurably great space
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anticlimax
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abrupt decline from the dignifies or important to the trivial or ludicrous; comedown; bathos
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chasm
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deep breach; wide gap or rift
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declivity
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downward slope
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dregs
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most worthless part; sediment at the bottom of a liquid
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earthy
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down-to-earth; realistic; coarse; low
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humble
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1. of low position or condition
2. not proud; unpretentious; modest; courteously respectful
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humiliate
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lower the pride, position or dignity of; abase; degrade; mortify
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humility
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freedom from pride; humbleness; lowliness; modesty
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menial
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low; mean; subservient; servile
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nadir
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lowest point
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plumb
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get to the bottom of; ascertain the depth of; fathom
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profound
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very deep; deeply felt; intellectually deep
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ravine
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deep, narrow gorge worn by running water
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