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30 Cards in this Set
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disconsolate
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cheerless, inconsolable
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bliss
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perfect happiness
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lackey
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slavish follower
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buxom
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plump and attractive
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Melacncholy
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dejected, depressed
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Gala
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characterized by festivity, a festive celebration
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Antithesis
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the direct opposite
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Malodorus
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stinking, ill-smelling
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Harlequin
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a buffoon, clown
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Malevolent
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evil
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Decrepit
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weakened by old age
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Declivity
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downward slope
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Maudlin
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weakly sentimental and tearful (overdone)
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Svelte
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slender, lithe
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Obsequious
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slavishly attentive, fawning
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Ornithology
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study of birds
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Benign
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kindly, harmless
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Salubrious
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healthful
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Plaudit
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applause, enthusiastic praise
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Inveterate
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firmly established by age, deep-rooted, habitual
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Progeny
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Children
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Pathos
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Quality that arouses pitty
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Cherubic
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chubby, innocent looking
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blandishment
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word or deed of mild flattery
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lesion
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inury, wound
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aviary
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place where birds are kept
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droll
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odd and laughter provoking
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Laudatory
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expressing praise, eulogistic
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Calumnious
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falsely and maliciously accusing, and slandering
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staid
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settled, sedate
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