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36 Cards in this Set
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blithe
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joyous, merry, or gay in disposition
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complacent
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untroubled, pleased with oneself, SELF SATISFACTION
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convivial
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`friendly; agreeable/festive; GREGARIOUS
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elated
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very happy or PROUD; jubilant
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jocund
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cheerful; merry; gay; glad
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ascetic
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strict or severe in religious exercise or self-mortification; SELF DENIAL
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chagrin
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a feeling of vexation, marked by disappointment or HUMILIATION
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compunction
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an uneasiness or hesitation about the rightness of an action; GUILT
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disgruntled
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displeased and discontented; sulky; peevish
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lamentable
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regrettable; unfortunate; RUEFUL; SADNESS FROM PITY
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contrite
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filled with a sense of guilt and desire for atonement; DEEP REGRET
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maudlin
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TEARFULLY or weakly emotional; SENTIMENTAL
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pathos
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literature that invokes feeling of pity/compassion
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pensive
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expressing thoughtfulness usually marked by sadness; MELANCHOLY
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poignant
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keenly distressing to the feelings
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throes
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a condition of AGONIZING STRUGGLE or trouble
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buxom
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attractively plump
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cherubic
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having a sweet nature; plump child; angel-like
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obese
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very fat; CORPULENT
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attenuate
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to make thin; slender; or fine; WEAKEN
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emaciated
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unnaturally thin from disease or hunger
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svelte
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gracefully slender in figure; LITHE
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adulation
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exaggerated in hypocritical praise; EXCESSIVE PRAISE
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blandishment
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something that tends to flatter or coax; MILD PRAISE
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cajole
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to PERSUADE by flattery; sweet talk; WHEEDLE
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fulsome
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OFFENSIVE to good taste; overdone or gross
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ingratiate
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to establish oneself in the FAVOR OF OTHERS esp. by deliberate effort
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lackey
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obediant; dutiful; MYRMIDON
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obsequious
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obediant; dutiful; FAWNING
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sycophant
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self-seeking, servile flatter; PARASITIC FLATTERER
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apiary
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where bees are kept
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aviary
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where birds are keptq
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badger
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to harass or urge persistantly; HECTOR
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halcyon
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calm, peaceful, tranquil
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lionize
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to treat as a celebrity
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ornithology
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branch of zoology that studies birds
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