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81 Cards in this Set
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bliss
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perfect happiness
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blissful
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very happy
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blithe
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merry, joyous; heedless
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buoy
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keep afloat; raise spirits of; encourage
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buoyant
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cheerful, able to float
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complacency
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self satisfaction; smugness
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complacent
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too pleased with oneself-often without awareness of possible dangers or defects
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convivial
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fond of eating and drinking with friends; sociable
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delectable
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very pleasing
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ecstasy
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state of overwhelming joy
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ecstatic
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in ecstasy
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elation
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state of being elated euphoria
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frolic
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play and run about happily have fun romp
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frolicsome
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full of merriment
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gala
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characterized by festivity
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jocund
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merry cheerful lighthearted
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jubilant
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showing great joy
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jubilation
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rejoicing
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ascetic
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self denying austere
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ascetic
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person who shuns pleasures and lives simply
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chagrin
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embarrassment mortification
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chagrined
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ashamed mortified
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compunction
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regret remorse
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contrite
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showing deep regret and sorrow for wrongdoing
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contrition
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repentance remorse penitence
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dejected
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sad in low spirits
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dejection
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lowness of spirits sadness
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disconsolate
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cheerless inconsolable
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disgruntled
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in bad humor displeased discontented
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doleful
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causing grief or sadness
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glum
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moody gloomy dour
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lament
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mourn deplore
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lamentable
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pitiable rueful
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maudlin
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weakly sentimental and tearful
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nostalgia
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homesickness yearning for the past
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nostalgic
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homesick
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pathetic
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arousing pity
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pathos
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quality in events or in art that arouses our pity
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pensive
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thoughtful in a sad way
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plight
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unfortunate state
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poignant
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painfully touching piercing
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sullen
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resentfully silent
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throes
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anguish, pangs
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tribulation
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suffering distress
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burly
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strongly and heavily built; husky
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buxom
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plump and attractive
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cherubic
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chubby and innocent looking
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obese
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extremely overweight
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obesity
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excessive body weight; corpulence
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pudgy
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short and plump
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attenuate
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make thin; weaken
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emaciated
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made unnaturally thing; abnormally lean because of starvation or illness
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haggard
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careworn; gaunt
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lank
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lean ungracefully tall lanky
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svelte
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slender lithe
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adulation
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excessive praise
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blandishment
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word or deed of mild flattery
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cajole
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persuade by pleasant words
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cajolery
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persuasion by flattery
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curry (v) favor (n)
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seek to gain fagor by flattery
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buxom
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plump and attractive
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cherubic
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chubby and innocent looking
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obese
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extremely overweight
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obesity
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excessive body weight; corpulence
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pudgy
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short and plump
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attenuate
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make thin; weaken
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emaciated
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made unnaturally thing; abnormally lean because of starvation or illness
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haggard
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careworn; gaunt
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lank
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lean ungracefully tall lanky
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svelte
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slender lithe
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adulation
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excessive praise
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blandishment
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word or deed of mild flattery
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cajole
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persuade by pleasant words
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cajolery
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persuasion by flattery
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curry (v) favor (n)
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seek to gain fagor by flattery
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fulsome
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offensive because of insincerity
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ingratiate
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work oneself into favor
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lackey
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follower who carries out another's wishes
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obsequious
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showing excessive willingness to serve
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sycophant
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parasitic flatterer
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truckle
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submit in a subservient manner to a superior fawn make a doormat of oneself
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