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vocab 3.3-3.4
words for skinny/large
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English
9th Grade
01/30/2008

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burly

Definition
large in bodily size; stout; sturdy
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buxom
Definition
of a woman) healthy, plump, cheerful, and lively.
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cherubic

Definition
a person, esp. a child, with a sweet, chubby, innocent face
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obese
Definition
Extremely fat; grossly overweight
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pudgy
Definition
short and fat or thick:
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attenuate
Definition
to make thin; make slender or fine
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emaciate
Definition
to make abnormally lean or thin by a gradual wasting away of flesh.
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haggard
Definition
having a gaunt, wasted, or exhausted appearance, as from prolonged suffering, exertion, or anxiety; worn
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lank/lanky
Definition
unduly long and slender:ungracefully thin and rawboned; bony; gaunt
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svelte
Definition
 slender, esp. gracefully slender in figure; lithe
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