E3 VT #6 (Stoutness, Thinness, Flattery)

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Burly

(adj.) strongly and heavily built; husky

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Buxom

(adj.) plump and attractive

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Cherubic

(adj.) chubby and innocent looking

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Obese

(adj.) extremely overweight; corpulent; portly

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Obesity

(n.) excessive body weight; corpulence

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Pudgy

(adj.) short and plump; chubby

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Attenuate

(v.) make thin; weaken

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Emaciated

(adj.) made unnaturally thin; abnormally lean because of starvation or illness

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Haggard

(adj.) careworn; gaunt

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Lank

(adj.) lean; ungracefully tall

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Svelte

(adj.) slender; lithe

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Adulation

(n.) excessive praise; flattery

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Blandishment

(n.) word or deed of mild flattery; allurement; enticement

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Cajole

(v.) persuade by pleasant words; wheedle; coax

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Cajolery

(n.) persuasion by flattery; wheedling; coaxing

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Curry favor

(v.) seek to gain favor by flattery

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Fulsome

(adj.) offensive because of insincerity; repulsive; disgusting

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Ingratiate

(v.) work into favor

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Lackey

(n.) follower who carries out another's wishes like a servant; toady

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Obsequious

(adj.) showing excessive willingness to serve; subservient; fawning

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Sycophant

(n.) parasitic flatterer; truckler

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Truckle

(v.) submit in a subservient manner to a superior; fawn; make a doormat of oneself