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cadge beg, bum, mooch, panhandle

calculate compute, reckon, cipher, figure

call convene, convoke, muster, summon

calm tranquil, placid, serene, halcyon, peaceful

campaign crusade, drive, push

caprice whim, whimsy, vagary, freak

care charge, custody, keeping, supervision, trust

careful heedful, mindful, observant, watchful

careless heedless, thoughtless, inadvertent

caress cuddle, fondle, pet

caricature burlesque, parody, travesty, satire, lampoon

casuistry fallacy, sophistry, spuriousness, speciousness, sophism

catalyst ferment, leaven, leavening, yeast

catch enmesh, ensnare, entangle, entrap, snare, tangle, trap

cause reason, occasions, antecedent

celebrity hero, luminary, name, notable, personage

center focus, headquarters, heart, hub, seat

certain inescapable, inevitable, sure, unavoidable

certainty certitude, assurance, conviction

chafe abrade, excoriate, fret, gall

chance random, casual, haphazard, desultory

charge freight, imbue, impregnate, permeate, pervade, saturate, suffuse

charm beguile, bewitch, captivate, enchant, entrance, fascinate

choice altenative, option, preference, selection, election

choose select, elect, pick

chronic confirmed, habitual, inveterate

circle coterie, set, clique

circumference circuit, compass, perimeter, periphery

citizen national, subject

claim pretense, pretension, title

clean antiseptic, cleanly, immaculate, spotless

clear limpid, lucid, pellucid, transparent

clever ingenious, shrewd

cliche bromide, commonplace, platitude, truism

close immediate, near, nearby, nigh, proximate

clothe cloak, drape, mantle, robe

coagulate clot, congeal, curdle, jell, jelly, set

coarse gross, indelicate, vulgar, obscene, ribald

cold artic, chilly, cool, frigid, frosty, gelid, glacial, icy

collision concussion, crash, impact, jar, jolt, shock

comfort console, solace

comfortable cozy, snug, restful

comment observation, remark

commit consign, entrust, confide, relegate

complex complicated, intricate, involved, tangled, knotty

conceit amour-propre, egoism, egotism, narcissism, vanity [HUMILITY]

condemn damn, doom, sentence

confer consult, parley, treat

confidence assurance, aplomb, self-confidence, self-possession

confirm corroborate, substantiate, authenticate, validate, verify

conflict contest, combat, fight, affray

confuse addle, befuddle, discombobulate, fuddle, muddle, throw

conjecture surmise, guess, speculate, infer

consider deem, regard, account, reckon

conspiracy plot, machination, collusion, intrigue, cabal

contain hold, accommodate

contaminate befoul, foul, poison, pollute, taint

contemporary contemporaneous, simultaneous, synchronous, concurrent, coincident, concomitant

continual continuous, constant, ceaseless, incessant, perpetual, eternal, perennial, interminable

contract condense, compress, constrict, shrink

contrary balky, perverse, wayward, ornery

convert metamorphose, transfigure, transform, transmogrify, transmute

cool composed, collected, unruffled, nonchalant, impertubable, detached

correct rectify, remedy, redress, reform, revise, amend

corrupt debase, debauch, deprave, pervert, vitiate

count import, matter, signify, weigh

couple pair, brace, yoke

crisis crossroad, exigency, head, juncture, pass

critical captious, censorious, faultfinding [UNCRITICAL]

criticize blame, reprehend, censure, condemn, denounce

crowd crush, flock, horde, mob, press, throng

crude native, raw

cruel fierce, ferocious, barbarous, inhuman, savage, vicious

crush mash, pulp, smash, squash

cry weep, wail, keen, whimper, sob, blubber

cure heal, remedy

curious inquisitive, snoopy, nosy
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