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26 Cards in this Set
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ascetic
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adj. shunning pleasures; self-denying; austere
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ascetic
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n. person who shuns pleasures and lives simply
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chagrin
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n. embarrassment; mortification; disappointment
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chagrined
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adj. ashamed; mortified
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compunction
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n. regret; remorse; misgiving; qualm; scruuple
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contrite
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adj. showing deep regret and sorrow for wrongdoing; deeply penitent; repentant; remorseful
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contrition
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n. repentance; remorse; penitence
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dejected
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adj. sad; in low spirits; depressed; downcast
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dejection
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n. lowness of spirits; sadness; depression
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disconsolate
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adj. cheerless; inconsolable
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disgruntled
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adj. in bad humor; displeased; discontented
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doleful
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adj. causing grief or sadness; mournful; dolorous; lugubrious
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glum
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adj. moody; gloomy; dour
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lament
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v. mourn; deplore
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lamentable
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adj. pitiable; rueful
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maudlin
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adj. weakly sentimental and tearful
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nostalgia
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n. 1) homesickness 2)yearning for the past
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nostalgic
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adj. homesick
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pathetic
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adj. arousing pity
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pathos
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n. quality in events or in art that arouses our pity
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pensive
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adj. thoughtful in a sad way; meloncholy
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plight
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n. unfortunate state; predicament
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poignant
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adj. painfully touching; piercing
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sullen
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adj. resentfully silent; glum; morose; gloomy
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throes
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n. pl. anguish; pangs
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tribulation
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n. suffering; distress
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