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52 Cards in this Set
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bliss
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perfect happiness
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blithe
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merry; joyous
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buoy
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keep afloat; encourage
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complacency
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self-satisfaction; smugness
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convivial
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fond of eating or drinking with friends; sociable
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delectable
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very pleasing; delightful
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ecstasy
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state of overwhelming joy
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elated
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in high spirits; joyful
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frolic
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play and run about happily
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gala
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characterized by festivities
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jocund
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merry, cheerful
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jubilant
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showing great joy
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ascetic
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shunning pleasures; self-denying
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chagrin
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embarrassment, disappointment
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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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dejected
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sad; depressed
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disconsolate
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cheerless; inconsolable
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disgruntled
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in bad humor; displeased
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doleful
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causing grief or sadness
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glum
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moody; gloomy
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lament
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mourn; deplore
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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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pathetic
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around 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; predicament
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poignant
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painfully touching; piercing
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sullen
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resentfully silent; gloomy
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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
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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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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 thin; abnormally lean because of starvation of illness
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haggard
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careworn; gaunt
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lank
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lean; lanky
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svelte
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slender
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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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curry
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seek to gain a favor by flattery
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fulsome
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offensive because of insincerity; repulsive
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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 like a servant
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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
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