| Term | Definition |
|---|
| burly | strongly and heavily built; husky |
| buxom | plump and attractive |
| cherubic | chubby and innocent-looking |
| obese | extremely overweight |
| obesity | excessive body weight; corpulence |
| pudgy | short and plump, chubby |
| attentuate | make thin; weaken |
| emaciated | made unnaturally thin; abnormally lean because of starvation or illness |
| haggard | careworn; gaunt (thin) |
| lank | lean; ungracefully tall; lanky |
| svelte | slender, lithe |
| adulation | excessive praise; flattery |
| blandishment | word or deed of mild flattery; allurement |
| cajole (v.) | persuade by pleasant words; wheedle; coax |
| cajolery (n.) | persuasion by flattery; wheedling; coaxing |
| curry favor | seek to gain favor by flattery |
| fulsome | offensive because of insincerity; repulsive; disgusting |
| ingratiate | work (oneself) into favor |
| lackey | follower who carries out another's wishes like a servant; toady |
| obsequious | showing excessive willingness to serve; subservient; fawning |
| sycophant | parasitic flatterer; truckler |
| truckle | submit in a subservient manner to a superior; fawn; make a dormat of oneself |
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