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25 Cards in this Set
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Attenuate
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To weaken or thin out
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Adulation
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To recieve a great deal of praise
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Blandishment
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Word or action of flattery
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Bliss
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Perfect Happiness
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Blithe
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Happy, cheery, merry
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Cajole
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To persuade someone to do something
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Chagrin
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To be embarassed
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Contrite
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Making up for something you did, apologetic
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Convivial
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Someone fond of eating and drinking with friends; social
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Curry favor
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To seek forgiveness
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Dejected
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To be sad; depressed
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Delectable
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pleasing, delightful
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Disconsolate
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Cheerless, depressed, insoluable
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Emaciated
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To be unaturally thin
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Encomium
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Give a speech about someone
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Fulsome
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Say something to someone thats insincere
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Haggard
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Tired looking; down, really tired
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Ingratiate
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Work you're way back into someones favor
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Lackey
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Slavish follower
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Obsequious
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To be slavishley attentive; lackey
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Pathos
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Arousing a sense of pity
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Sycophant
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A kiss-up
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Svelte
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Thin, slim
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Truckle
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To submit in a servial way to a superior
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Virus
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Disease causing
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