VQ #10

Carol D. (United States of America)
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  1. brawny
    possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful
  2. contend
    compete for something
  3. laborious
    characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion
  4. maltreat
    be cruel to someone
  5. wily
    marked by skill in deception
  6. humane
    marked by concern with the alleviation of suffering
  7. irreverent
    showing lack of due respect or veneration
  8. lithe
    moving and bending with ease
  9. ponder
    reflect deeply on a subject
  10. temperate
    not extreme
  11. intolerable
    incapable of being put up with
  12. illustrious
    widely known and esteemed
  13. synthetic
    a compound made artificially by chemical reactions
  14. venomous
    extremely poisonous or injurious
Created on Wed Nov 11 11:01:29 EST 2009

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