rds; Brussels sprouts.
Associated Words: Brassica, brassicaceous.
cabbage, v. (Colloq.) steal, pilfer, purloin, filch.
cabin, n. hut, hovel, shanty, cot, shack, cottage.
cage, n. mew.--v. confine, coop up, encage, mew.
caged, a. imprisoned, confined.
cajole, v. beguile, wheedle, blandish, inveigle, flatter.
cajolery, n. wheedling, blandishment, beguilement.
cake, v. concrete, harden, solidify, coagulate.
calamitous, a. disastrous, deplorable, baleful, ill-fated, untoward,
dire.
calamity, n. disaster, catastrophe, misfortune, casualty, reverse,
adversity, mischance.
calculate, v. compute, reckon, estimate; forecast; (Colloq.)
expect, intend, contemplate, plan.
calculating, a. scheming, forecasting, crafty, circumspect, cautious,
wary.
calculation, n. computation, reckoning; expectation, anticipation;
circumspection, wariness, forethought, caution.
calendar, n. almanac; list, schedule, register, catalogue, docket.
calf, n. Associated Words: vellum, parchment, veal, fatling, dogy,
vitular, vituline, slink, slunk, calve, steer.
calico, n. print.
California poppy. eschscholtzia.
call, v. summon, bid, evoke, invite; convoke, assemble, muster,
convene; entitle, name, designate, dub, denominate; invoke, petition,
invocate.
call, n. summons, vocation, invocation, entreaty, appeal, invitation;
signal; requirement, demand, requisition; election, appointment;
interview.
calling, n. summons, call; vocation (divine summons); evocation,
convocation; occupation, business, trade, employment, vocation, pursuit.
callous, a. unfeeling, insensible, hardened, unimpressible.
callow, a. unfledged, unfeathered; immature, green, inexperienced.
call to account. impeach, accuse.
calm, n. lull, tranquillity, quiet, placidity.
calm, a. still, serene, motionless, undisturbed, unruffled, pacific,
placid, tranquil, halcyon; sedate, collected, imperturbable, unmoved,
cool, composed, dispassionate. Antonyms: excited, stormy, agitated,
ruffled, discomposed, perturbed, boisterous.
calm, v. lull, allay, hush, tranquillize, becalm, still, compose,
quiet, appease, pacify, assuage, moderate, alleviate, conciliate, abate,
console.
calmness, n. tranquillity, serenity, placidity, stillness,
composure, imperturbability, dispassion, imperturbation, unconcern,
equanimity, collectedness, self-possession. Antonyms: commotion,
excitement, agitation, discomposure.
camel, n. dromedary (one hump); bactrian ca
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