Part 12

pussy; kitten, kitty; grimalkin (an old she cat). Associated Words: purr, mew, miaul, caterwaul, feline, _Felidæ_ (cat family). catacomb, n. grotto, crypt, cave. catalogue, n. list, register, schedule, index, inventory, Associated word: raisonné. cataract, n. waterfall, cascade, fall, lin. catastrophe, n. disaster, calamity. catch, v. seize, grasp, clutch, snatch, gripe, nab; apprehend; arrest; deprehend; overtake; insnare, entangle, entrap. catch, n. capture, seizure, arrest, apprehension; hasp, hook, clasp. catching, a. contagious, infectious, communicable, pestilential. Antonyms: noncontagious, incommunicable. catching, n. seizure, apprehension, arrest. catchword, n. cue. category, n. class, state, condition, division, predicament. cater, v. purvey. cater-cornered, a. (Colloq.) diagonal. caterer, n. purveyor. cathartic, n. purgative, physic, purge, evacuant. catholic, a. universal, general, world-wide; liberal, tolerant, unsectarian, broad-minded; Roman Catholic, Romish. Antonyms: uncatholic, sectarian, local, narrow, noncatholic. catholicity, n. universality, catholicism; liberality. catkin, n. ament. cat's-eye, n. chatoyant, chrysoberyl. Associated Words: chatoyant, chatoyment. cat's-paw, n. dupe, tool, cully, gull. cattle, n. kine; Bos; Bovine quadrupeds; Taurus. cattle-plague, n. rinderpest, murrain. cattle-stealing, n. abigeat (Civil Law). cause, n. origin, source; motive, incitement, inducement, incentive. Associated Words: ætiology, etiology, teleology, etiological, causation, causative, causality. cause, v. occasion, induce, effect, originate. caustic, a. burning, virulent, acrid, catheretic, mordacious, cutting, satirical. caution, n. wariness, forethought, circumspection; advice, warning, admonition. caution, v. forewarn, admonish, warn, counsel, advise, dissuade. cautious, a. circumspect, prudent, wary. Antonyms: incautious, unwary. cave, n. cavern, grotto, grot, den, catacomb, crypt. Associated words: speleology, spelean, stalactite, stalagmite, cavernicolous, troglodytic, caverned, cavernous. cave-dweller, n. troglodyte. cavil, v. carp, criticize.--n. objection, criticism (specious or frivolous). caviling, a. carping, captious, cavilous, hypercritical. Cayenne pepper. capsicum. cease, v. discontinue, stop, desist, refrain. ceaseless, a. incessant, unceasing, constant, uninterrupted, continual. cedar tree. Associated Words: cedrine, cedrene. cede, v. surrender, relinquish, grant. ceding, n. cession. celebrate, v. commemorate, solemnize, observe. celebrated, a. famous, illustrious, noted, renowned, eminent, far-famed. Antonyms: obscure, inglorious, unrenowned. celebration, n. commemoration, observance, solemnization. celebrity, n. fame, renown, eminence. cellar, n. basement. celluloid, n. xylonite. cement, n. adhesive, glue; lute, luting. cement, v. cohere, join, glue, glutinate. cemetery, n. necropolis, God's acre, graveyard, mortuary. censer, n. thurible, incensory. censor, n. inspector, reviewer, critic; caviler, censurer. censorious, a. carping, captious, caviling, critical. censurable, a. reprehensible, culpable, blamable, reproachable, illaudable. censure, n. reproof, reprehension, blame, reprimand, objurgation. censure, v. reprove, rebuke, reprehend, upbraid, objurgate, chide, inveigh against. censuring, a. reprehensory, reproachful, reproving, objurgatory, condemnatory. centenary, n. centennial, century. centennial, n. centenary. center, n. middle, midst. Antonyms: circumference, perimeter, rim, boundary. Associated Words: centrifugal, centrifugence, centricity, centripetal, centripetence, centrality, centralize, centralization, paracentric. centerpiece, n. épergne. central, a. middle, centric, centrical, equidistant. century, n. centenary. Associated Words: centennial, secular. ceremonious, a. formal, precise, punctilious. Antonyms: informal, free-and-easy. ceremony, n. rite, form, ceremonial, solemnity; formality. certain, a. assured, confident, convinced, satisfied, undoubting; undeniable, irrefutable, indubitable, incontrovertible, incontestable, sure; inevitable, unavoidable; unfailing, infallible, inerrable; fixed, stated, specified. Antonyms: indefinite, uncertain, doubtful. See uncertain. certainty, n. sureness, confidence, assurance, surety; fact, truth. Antonyms: See uncertainty. certificate, n. testimonial, credential, voucher. certify, v. assure, attest, testify to, vouch for. chafe, v. rub, gall, irritate; fret, fume, rage. chaff, n. glumes, hulls, refuse. chaff, n. banter, raillery, pleasantry, jesting, badinage. chaff, v. jest, banter. chaffy, a. acerose, palaceous, stramineous. chagrin, a. mortification, abashment, vexation, confusion, discomposure, humiliation. chagrin, v. mortify, abash, vex, confuse, humiliate. chain, n. concatenation, catenation, series, congeries, carcanet, catena, chatelaine, necklace, gorget, links, torque; bond, shackle, fetter, tether. chain, v. fetter, restrain, shackle, enslave, trammel, catenate. chain wheel. sprocket wheel. chair, n. seat; professorship; chairman. chalice, n. grail. chalk, n. Associated Words: calcography, calcographer, calcographic, chalkiness, crayon. chalkstone, n. tophus. (Med.) chalky, a. cretaceous. challenge, v. defy, dare, brave.--n. defiance; exception, objection. champion, n. defender, vindicator, protector, paladin; winner, hero, conqueror. champion, v. defend, maintain, advocate, vindicate. chance, v. befall; risk, venture. chance, n. fate, fortune, luck, fortuity, hap, casualty, accident; possibility, likelihood, contingency; opportunity; hazard, jeopardy, risk, uncertainty. chance, a. casual, fortuitous, accidental, contingent, random. chancery, n. equity. change, n. variation, alteration, transition, mutation, transposition, conversion, metamorphosis, innovation, transfiguration, permutation, transference, reversion, reaction, transmutation; substitution, commutation; variety, novelty, vicissitude. Associated word: mutanda. Antonyms: continuation, stability, conservatism, permanence, inertia, monotony, perpetuation, continuance, fixity, invariability, uniformity. change, v. alter, transmute, shift, modulate, reverse, reform, vary, modify, convert, transform, transpose, transfer, exchange, substitute, commute. Antonyms: continue, persist, remain, abide. changeable, a. mutable, variable, inconstant, unstable, unsteadfast, reversible, alterable, revocable, mobile, convertible, transmutable, commutable, kaleidoscopic, transformable, impermanent; volatile, fickle, mercurial, protean, irresolute, capricious, vacillating, fitful, inconstant, erratic, eccentric, crotchety; iridescent; chatoyant. changeableness, n. mutability, variability, inconstancy, instability, vacillation, convertibility, transmutability, mobility, impermanence; volatility, irresolution, fickleness, capriciousness; iridescence; chatoyment. changeless, a. permanent, immutable, inexorable, invariable, undeviating, unalterable, unvarying, constant, unconvertible. changelessness, n. immutability, inalterability, permanence, conservatism, invariability, monotony, inconvertibility. changeling, n. oaf; waverer, whiffler. change of life. climacteric; menopause. channel, n. water-course, canal, aqueduct, gutter, runway, alveus, conduit, duct; strait; furrow, chamfer, chamfret, groove, fluting; avenue, route, artery. chant, v. intone, intonate, cantillate. chant, n. intonation; introit; cantillation. chaos, n. confusion, disorder, disorganization. chap, n. crack, chink; boy, lad, youth; kibe. chapel, n. oratory, chantry, bethel. chapped, a. kibed. chaps, n. pl. jaws, chops, flews. chapter, n. branch. Associated Words: capitular, capitulary. character, n. personality, nature, individuality. Associated Words: ethology, ethologist. characteristic, n. trait, peculiarity, feature, attribute, attribution, idiosyncrasy. characterize, v. distinguish. charge, n. accusation, complaint, allegation, indictment, imputation, crimination, impeachment, arraignment, gravamen (burden of a charge); trust, ward; custody, care, responsibility, oversight, obligation, commission, management; onset, attack, assault, onslaught, fusillade; tutelage. charge, v. impose, load, encumber; exhort, enjoin, adjure, instruct; commit, intrust; debit; accuse, indict, tax, impute, criminate, arraign; attack, assault. chargeable, a. imputable, attributable, referrible. charitable, a. benevolent, benign, beneficent, magnanimous; liberal, tolerant, lenient. Antonyms: uncharitable, illiberal, intolerant. charity, n. benevolence, good will, love, benignity, philanthropy, beneficence, bounty, liberality, tolerance. Associated Words: eleemosynary, alms, dependent. charlatan, n. pretender, quack, impostor, fraud, cheat, mountebank, empiric. charlatanic, a. pretentious, empirical, quackish. charlatanry, n. quackery, pretension, empiricism, charlatanism. charm, n. spell, incantation, enchantment, conjuration; periapt, amulet, phylactery, talisman, fetich, abraxas; fascination, glamour, witchery, attraction, illusion, rhetoric; breloque (jewel); countercharm. Antonyms: disenchantment, repellence, disillusionment. charm, v. enchant, fascinate, enamor, infatuate, enrapture, bewitch, captivate; allay, soothe, subdue. Antonyms: decharm, disillusionize, disenchant, repel. charmer, n. enchanter, magician, sorcerer; siren, enchantress. charming, a. bewitching, captivating, enchanting, enrapturing, entrancing, magical, fascinating, winning, ecstatic, siren, delightful, winsome, seductive, ravishing. Antonyms: charmless, unattractive, repellent, repulsive. charnel house. ossuary, ossuarium, tomb, carnary. chart, n. map. Associated Words: cartography, cartographer. chary, a. frugal, careful, saving, cautious, circumspect. chase, v. track, hunt, pursue; scatter, expel, drive, disperse, dispel. chase n. hunting, field-sport, hunt, venery, chevy; pursuit. chasm, n. abyss, gap. chaste, a. virtuous, continent, undefiled, pure, inviolated, modest, innocent; classic, refined, pure, correct. Antonyms: See unchaste. chasten, v. discipline, correct, punish; refine, purify, subdue. chastise, v. castigate, chasten, punish, whip. chastisement, n. castigation, chastening, punishment, whipping. chastity, n. purity, virtue, continence. chat, n. confabulation, talk, conversation, _causerie_, confab (Colloq.). cheap, a. inexpensive, low-priced; inferior, mean, mediocre, of small value. cheapen, v. depreciate; belittle, lower. cheat, n. fraud, trick, hoax, finesse, imposition, imposture, swindle, humbug, bubble, wile, deception, stratagem, bunko, blind, thimblerigging; impostor, deceiver, quack, mountebank, thimblerigger, charlatan, empiric, trickster, swindler, blackleg, bamboozler, sharper; delusion, chicanery, mockery, counterfeit, fetch. cheat, v. swindle, defraud, overreach, trick, bamboozle, hoodwink, dupe, hoax, bilk, thimblerig, hocus, bunko, beguile, cozen. check, n. obstacle, restraint, curb, bridle, damper, barrier, restriction, rebuff, repulse, delay, interruption; bank check, cheque. check, v. restrain, impede, curb, repress, bridle, checkmate. checker, v. variegate, diversify, tessellate. checkered, a. diversified, variegated, plaid, mosaic, tessellated. checkers, n. draughts. checking, a. repressive, restraining, curbing. checkmate, v. defeat, vanquish, conquer, baffle. cheek, n. jowl. Associated Words: zygoma, zygomatic, buccate, buccal, malar, buccinator, meloncus, meloplasty, melitis, dimple, jugal. cheek, n. (Slang) effrontery, temerity, assurance, impudence, au