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52 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; heedless
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buoy
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keep afloat; raise the spirits of; encourage
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buoyant
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cheerful; able to float
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complacency
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self-satisfaction, smugness
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complacent
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too pleased w/ oneself--often w/o awareness of possible dangers or defects; self-satisfied; smug
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convivial
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fond of eating and drinking with friends; sociable
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conviviality
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sociability
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delectable
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very pleasing; delightful
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ecstasy
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state of overwhelming joy; rapture
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ecstatic
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in ecstasy; enraptured
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elated
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in high spirits; joyful
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elation
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state of being elated; euphoria
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frolic
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play and run about happily; have fun; romp
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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; cheerful; lighthearted
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jubilant
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showing great joy; rejoicing; exultant
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jubilation
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rejoicing; exultation
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ascetic
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shunning pleasures; self-denying; austere
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ascetic
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person who shuns pleasures and lives simply
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chagrin
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embarrassment; mortification; disappointment
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chagrined
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ashamed; mortified
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compunction
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regret; remorse; misgiving; qualm; scruple
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contrite
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showing deep regret and sorrow for wrongdoing; deeply penitent; repentant; remorseful
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contrition
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repentance; remorse; penitence
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dejected
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sad; in low spirits; depressed; downcast
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dejection
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lowness of spirits; sadness; depression
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disconsolate
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cheerless; inconsolable
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disgruntled
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in bad humor; displeased; discontented
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doleful
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causing grief or sadness; mournful; dolorous; lugubrious
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glum
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moody; gloomy; dour
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lament
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mourn; deplore
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lamentable
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pitiable; rueful
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maudlin
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weakly sentimental and tearful
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nostalgia
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homesickness; yearning for the past
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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 events or in art that arouses our pity
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pensive
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thoughtful in a sad way; melancholy
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plight
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unforunate state; predicament
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poignant
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painfully touching; piercing
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sullen
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resentfully silent; glum; morose; gloomy
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throes
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anguish; pangs
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tribulation
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suffering; distress
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burly
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strongly and heavily built; husky
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buxom
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plump and attractive
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cherubic
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chubby and innocent looking, like a cherub
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obese
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extremely overweight; corpulent
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obesity
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excessive body weight; corpulence
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pudgy
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short and plump; chubby
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