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55 Cards in this Set
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bliss
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perfect happiness
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blissful
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a state of happiness
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blithe
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merry, heedless
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buoy
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keep afloat, 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, self-satisfied, smug
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convivial
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fond of eating and drinking with friends, sociable
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conviviality
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sociability
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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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ecstatic
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in ecstasy
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elated
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in high spirits
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elation
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state of being elated
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frolic
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play and run about happily
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frolicsome
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full of merriment, playful
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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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ascetic
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shunning pleasures, self-denying
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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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embarassment, mortification
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chagrined
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embarassed, mortified
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compunction
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regret, remorse, misgiving
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contrite
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showing deep regret and sorrow for wrongdoing, remorseful
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contrition
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remorse, penitence, repentance
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dejected
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sad, in low spirits
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dejection
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sadness, depression
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disconsolate
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inconsolable, cheerless
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doleful
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causing grief or sadness, mournful
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maudlin
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weakly sentimental, tearful
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pathos
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quality in events or in art that arouses our pity
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plight
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unfortunate state
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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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buxom
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plump and attractive
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attenuate
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make thin, weaken
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haggard
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careworn, gaunt
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lank
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ungracefully tall
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svelte
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slender
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adulation
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excessive praise, flattery
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blandishment
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word or deed of mild flattery, allurement
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cajole
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persuade by pleasant words, coax
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cajolery
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persuasion by flattery, coaxing
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curry favor
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seek to gain favor by flattory
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fulsome
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offensive because of incenserity, repulsive, disgusting
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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, subservient
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sycophant
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brown-noser
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truckle
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submit in a subservient manner to a superior, fawn
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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 so
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obsequious
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showing excessive willingness to serve, subservient
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sycophant
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brown-noser
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truckle
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submit in a subservient manner to a superior, fawn
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