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103 Cards in this Set
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bliss
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perfect happiness
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blissful
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very happy
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blithe
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merry; joyous
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buoy
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keep afloat
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buoyant
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cheerful
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complacency
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self-satisfaction
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complacent
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too be pleased with oneself
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convivial
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fond of eating and drinking with others
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conviviality
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sociability
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delectable
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very pleasing
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ectasy
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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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stare of being elated
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frolic
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play and run about freely
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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
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jubilant
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showing great joy
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jubilation
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rejoicing
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ascetic
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shunning pleasures
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ascetic (n)
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person who shuns pleasures
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chagrin
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embarassment
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chagrined
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ashamed
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compunction
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regret
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contrite
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deep regret for wrongdoing
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contrition
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repentance
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dejected
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sad
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dejection
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lowness of spirits
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disconsolate
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cheerless
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disgruntled
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in bad humor
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doleful
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causing grief or sadness
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glum
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moody
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lament
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mourn
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lamentable
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pitiable
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maudlin
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weakly sentimental and tearful
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nostalgia
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homesickness
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nostalgic
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homesick
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pathetic
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arousing pity
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pathos
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quality in arts that arouses our pity
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pensive
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thoughful in a sad way
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plight
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unfortunate state
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poignant
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painfully touching
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sullen
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resentfully silent
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throes
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anguish
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tribulation
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suffering
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burly
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strong and heavily built
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buxom
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attractive and plump
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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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obesity
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excessive body weight
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pudgy
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short and plump
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attenuate
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make thin
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emaciated
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made unnaturally thin
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haggard
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careworn
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lank
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lean; ungracefully tall
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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 of mild flattery
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cajole
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persuade by pleasant words
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cajolery
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persuasion by flattery
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curry favor
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seek to gain favor by flattery
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fulsome
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repulsive
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ingratiate
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work into favor
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lackey
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follower who carries out anothers wishes like a servant
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obsequious
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showing willingness to serve
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sycophant
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parasitic flattery
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truckle
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make a doormant of oneself
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apiary
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a place where bees are kept
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aviary
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a place where birds are kept
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badger
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to annoy
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halcyon
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calm;peaceful
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lionize
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treat as highly important
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menagerie
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place where animals are kept and trained
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molt
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shed feathers, skin
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ornithology
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study of birds
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parasite
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animal livings on others
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parasitic
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living at the expense of another
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parrot
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repeat mechanically
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scavenger
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animal removing decay
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antidote
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remedy for poison
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astringent
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substance that checks flow of blood
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astringent (adj)
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severe; stern
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benign
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not dangerous
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convalesce
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recover health after illness
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convalescent
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person recovering from sickness
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fester
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form pus
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hypochondriac
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a person who is anxious about personal health
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immunity
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resistance from a disease
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immunize
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make immune
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lesion
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injury; hurt
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malignant
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threatening to cause death
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morbid
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gruesome
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pestilential
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morally harmful
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regimen
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set of rules
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salubrious
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healthful
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sebaceous
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greasy
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therapeutic
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curative
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toxic
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poisionous
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unguent
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ointment
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virulent
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extremely poisionous
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viral
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caused by a virus
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virus
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disease causing substance too small to be seen through a microscope
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