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25 Cards in this Set
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bliss |
perfect happiness |
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buoy |
keep afloat; raise the spirits of; encourage |
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complacency |
self-satisfaction; smugness |
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convivial |
fond of eating and drinking with friends |
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delectable |
very pleasing; delightful |
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ecstasy |
state of overwhelming joy; rapture |
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elated |
in high spirits; joyful |
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ascetic |
shunning pleasures; self-denying |
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chagrin |
embarrassment; mortification |
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compunction |
regret; remorse; misgiving |
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contrite |
showing deep regret and sorrow for wrongdoing |
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dejected |
sad; in low spirits; depressed |
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disconsolate |
cheerless; inconsolable |
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disgruntled |
in bad humor; displeased; discontented |
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doleful |
causing grief or sadness; ;mournful; dolorous |
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burly |
strongly and heavily built; husky |
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buxom |
plump and attractive |
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cherubic |
chubby and innocent-looking |
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attenuate |
make thin; weaken |
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emaciated |
made unnaturally thin; abnormally lean because of starvation or illness |
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haggard |
careworn; gaunt |
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adulation |
excessive praise; flattery |
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blandishment |
word or deed of mild flattery; allurement |
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cajole |
persuade by pleasant words; wheedling; coaxing |
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curry favor |
seek to gain favor by flattery |
