Putnam's Word Book by Louis A. Flemming
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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. |
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