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1. apex, vertex, summit, apogee, Latin, ne plus ultra; pinnacle, peak, crest, heights; tiptop, tip, point, spire.

2. crown, Anat. corona, headpiece, cap; steeple, belfry, cupola, loft, aerie; roof, ceiling, overlay, screen, lid; All Archit. cornice, entablature, epistyle, architrave, pediment, cover, covering.

3. stem, stalk, shoot, sprout, nib, neb, Bot. apiculus.

4. beginning, start, first, outset, onset, commencement, inception, genesis; head, first place or position, lead; front, forefront, vanguard, van, advance.

5. leader, pilot, guide, director, conductor; captain, chief, commander, president, chairman, chairwoman, master, headmaster, Educ. dean, Eccles. superior; supervisor, superintendent, manager, foreman, boss, taskmaster, Inf. top dog, Sl. big shot.

6. acme, zenith, climax, culmination, meridian, maximum, crowning point, Med. fastigum; sublimity, supremacy, perfection, consummation; prime, best, finest, utmost, uttermost, extreme, U.S. Sl. the most, U.S. Sl. the greatest.

adj

7. summital, apical, highest, uppermost, topmost, tiptop, apogeal, apogean; upper, lofty, supernal, transcendent; culminating, culminant, climactic, climactical, crowning.

8. best, finest, prime, choicest, greatest, maximal, utmost, uttermost; superlative, superior, excellent, ace, first-rate, top-grade, top-drawer, topnotch, top-dog, Sl. crackerjack; sublime, supreme, consummate, perfect; peerless, imcomparable, unequaled, second to none, nonpareil, unparalleled, Fr. sans pared.

9. foremost, preeminent, paramount, first, leading; chief, principal, head, ruling, sovereign; main, major, dominant.

v

10. cap, crown, sit atop or on, pinnacle, tip, Brit. nib; climb, mount, ascend, scale; reach, gain, achieve, attain, accede, arrive at, get to.

11. exceed, go beyond, rise above or over; excel, surpass, transcend, eclipse, overshadow, outdo, outstrip, outshine; best, better, beat, win over, prevail over; clear, surmount, overtop, pass over, hurdle, vault, ride over, leap or jump over.

12. replenish, refill, fill up, resupply, refresh, freshen; top-dress, manure, fertilize, enrich, feed.

13. crop, trim, prune, snip, clip, poll, pollard, lop or cut off; nip, pinch, break off.