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68 Cards in this Set
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bliss
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noun
perfect happiness |
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blissful
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adjective
very happy |
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blithe
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adjective
1. merry; joyous 2. heedless |
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buoy
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verb
keep afloat; raise the spirits of; encourage |
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buoyant
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adjective
1.cheerful 2. able to float |
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complacency
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noun
self-satisfaction; smugness |
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complacent
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adjective
too pleased with oneself--often without awareness of possible dangers or defects; self-satisfied; smug |
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convival
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adjective
fond of eating and drinking with friends; sociable |
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conviviality
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noun
sociability |
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delectable
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adjective
very pleasing; delightful |
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ecstacy
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noun
state of overwhelming joy; rapture |
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ecstatic
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adjective
in ecstacy; enraptured |
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elated
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adjective
in high spirits; joyful |
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elation
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noun
state of being elated; euphoria |
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frolic
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verb
play and run about happily; have fun; romp |
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frolicsome
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adjective
full of merriment; playful |
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gala
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adjective
characterized by festivity |
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jocund
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adjective
merry; cheerful; lighthearted |
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jubilant
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adj.
showing great joy; rejoicing; exulant |
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jubilation
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noun
rejocing; exultation |
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ascetic
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adjective
shunning pleasures; self-deny ing; austere |
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ascetic
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noun
person who shuns pleasures and lives simply |
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chagrin
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noun
embarrassment; mortification; disappointment |
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chagrined
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adjective
ashamed; mortified |
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compunction
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noun
regret; remorse; misgiving; qualm; scruple |
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contrite
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adjective
showing deep regret and sorrow for wrongdoing; deeply penitence |
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contrition
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noun
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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noun
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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adjective
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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verb
mourn deplre |
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lamentable
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adj
pitiful; rueful |
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maudlin
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adj
weakly sentimental and tearful |
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nostalgia
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noun
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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noun
quality in events or art that arouses pity |
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pensive
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adj
thoughtful in a sad way; melancholy |
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plight
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noun
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; gloomy |
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throes
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noun
anguish; pangs |
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tribulation
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noun
suffering; distress |
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burly
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adj
strongly and heavily built; husky |
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buxom
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adj
plump and attractive |
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cherubic
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adj
chubby and innocent looking |
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obese
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adj
extremely overweight; corpulent; portly |
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obesity
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noun
excessive body weight; corpulence |
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pudgy
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adj
shourt and plump; chubby |
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attenuate
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verb
make thin; weaken |
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emaciated
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adj
made unnaturally thin; abnormally lean becasue of starvation or illness |
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haggard
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adj
careworn; gaunt |
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lank
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adj
lean; ungracefully tall; lanky |
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svelte
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adj
slender; lithe |
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adulation
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noun
excessive praise; flattery |
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blandishment
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noun
word or deed of mild flattery; allurement; enticement |
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cajole
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verb
persuade by pleasant words; wheedle; coax |
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cajolery
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noun
persuasion by flattery; wheedling; coaxing |
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curry
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verb
seek to gain favor by flattery |
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fulsome
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adj
offensive becasue of insincerity; repulsive; disgusting |
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ingratiate
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verb
work oneself into favor |
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lackey
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noun
follower who carries out another's wishes like a servent; toady |
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obsequious
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adj
showing excessive willingness to serve; fawning |
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sycophant
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noun
parasitic flatterer; truckler |
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truckle
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verb
submit in a subservient manner to a superior; fawn; make a dormat of oneself |
