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Canto
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one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
the highest part (usually the melody) in a piece of choral music |
poem divisions
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Capitulate
capitulant capitulator, |
To surrender unconditionally
To give up resistance. He finally capitulated and agreed to do the job my way. Syn: yield, acquiesce, accede, give in. Anto:stand firm, stand one's ground, fight, defend |
Agree, accede to
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Caprice
Capricious |
changeableness, contrariety, crotchet, fad, fancy, fickleness, fitfulness, freak, humor, impulse, inconsistency, inconstancy, jerk, kink, mood, notion, peculiarity, perversity, quirk, rib*, temper, thought, vagary, vein, whim, whimsy
Antonyms: blueprint, plan, scheme, strategy |
change/whim
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Capricious
Caprice capriciously, adverb capriciousness, noun |
Synonyms 1. variable, flighty, mercurial.fickle.
Antonyms 1. steady, constant, consistent. |
fickle.
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Captious
cap·tious·ly, adverb cap·tious·ness, noun |
acrimonious, antankerous,carping, caviling, cavillous, censorious, contrary, crabby, cross, demanding, deprecating, disparaging, exacting, exceptive, fault-finding, finicky, hypercritical, irritable, nagging, nit-picking, overcritical, peevish, perverse, petulant, sarcastic, testy, touchy
Antonyms: commendatory, complimentary, encouraging, flattering, praising |
critical
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Carafe
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a wide-mouthed glass or metal bottle with a lip or spout, for holding and serving beverages.
Synonyms: canteen, carafe, cruet, decanter, ewer, flagon, flask, glass, jar, jug, phial, soldier, urn, vacuum bottle, vial |
container
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Carapace
carapaced, adjective carapacial |
a bony or chitinous shield, test, or shell covering some or all of the dorsal part of an animal, as of a turtle.
"He used to worry that Sarah would age the same way, develop the same brittle carapace" (Anne Tyler). |
covering
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careen
ca·reened, ca·reen·ing, ca·reens |
Synonyms: bend, lean, lurch, pitch, sway, tilt
Antonyms: straighten He careened through foreign territories on a desperate kind of blitz" (Anne Tyler). |
tilt
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carillon
car·il·lonned, car·il·lon·ning, car·il·lons |
Synonyms: angelus, bell-lyra, chimes, glockenspiel, gong, peal, tintinnabulation, tocsin
1. a set of stationary bells hung in a tower and sounded by manual or pedal action, or by machinery. 2. a set of horizontal metal plates, struck by hammers, used in the modern orchestra. |
bells
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carnal
car·nal·i·ty, car·nal·ness, car·nal·ism, noun car·nal·ly, |
Synonyms: animal, bodily, corporal, corporeal, earthly, fleshly, genital, impure, lascivious, lecherous, lewd, libidinous, licentious, lustful, physical, prurient, salacious, sensual, sensuous, temporal, unchaste, venereal, voluptuous, vulgar, wanton, worldly
Antonyms: chaste, godly, moral, pure, spiritual |
erotic
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carousal
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Synonyms: affair, bender, blind*, bout*, carousal, compotation, drunk*, fling, jag*, orgy*, tear, time, toot*
Antonyms: nibble 1. A riotous drinking party. 2. Boisterous drunken merrymaking or revelry. |
spree
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carping
carp·ing·ly, carped, carp·ing, carps |
Synonyms: bellyaching*, caviling, censorious, critical, criticizing, deprecatory, disparaging, fault-finding, griping, grouchy, grousing, grumbling, hypercritical, kvetching*, moaning, nagging, niggling, nit-picking*, overcritical, quibbling, scathing, whining
Antonyms: complimentary, forgiving 1. characterized by fussy or petulant faultfinding; querulous: carping criticism. –noun 2. petty faultfinding. |
complaining
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carrion
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1. dead and putrefying flesh.
2. rottenness; anything vile. –adjective 3. feeding on carrion. Synonyms: body, bones*, cadaver, carcass, carrion, cold meat, loved one, mort*, remains, stiff*, the deceased Antonyms: live person, living person |
corpse/body(dead)
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cataclysm
cataclysmic,cataclysmal adj., cataclysmically |
1. any violent upheaval, esp. one of a social or political nature.
2. Physical Geography. a sudden and violent physical action producing changes in the earth's surface. 3. an extensive flood; deluge. Synonyms: calamity, cataract, catastrophe, collapse, convulsion, crunch*, curtains*, debacle, deluge, disaster, disturbance, double trouble*, flood, flooding, holy mess*, inundation, misadventure, overflow, torrent, tragedy, unholy mess*, upheaval, woe Antonyms: boon, good fortune, happiness, miracle |
disaster
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catapult
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Synonyms: ballista, heaver, hurler, pitcher, propeller, shooter, sling, slingshot, tosser, trebuchet
Antonyms: catch, receive |
shooter/send off/propel
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catcall
catcalled, catcalling, catcalls |
a cry expressing disapproval
utter catcalls at Syn: boo, Bronx cheer*, derision, gibe, hiss, hoot, jeer, raspberry*, shout, whistle |
heckle
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catechism
cat·e·chis·mal |
1. Ecclesiastical.
a. an elementary book containing a summary of the principles of the Christian religion, esp. as maintained by a particular church, in the form of questions and answers. b. the contents of such a book. 2. a similar book of instruction in other subjects. 3. a series of formal questions put, as to political candidates, to bring out their views. 4.catechetical instruction. |
belief
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caucus
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Synonyms: conclave, convention, council, gathering, get-together, meeting, parley, session
Antonyms: entirety, total, whole scattering |
assembly
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caulk
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Synonyms: barricade, block, blockade, bolt, caulk, clog, close, dam, deadbolt, dike, fasten, fence, jam, latch, lock, plug, seal, secure, trammel, wall
Antonyms: free, loosen, open, unfasten, unlock |
secure
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caustic
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Synonyms: abrasive, acerbic, acid, acrid, alkaline, astringent, biting, corroding, corrosive, erosive, keen, mordant, pungent, tart
Antonyms: calm, mild, smooth, soothing, sweet |
burning
sarcastic irritating bitter, sharp, or sour hateful |
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cauterize
cau·ter·i·za·tion |
to burn with a hot iron, electric current, fire, or a caustic, esp. for curative purposes; treat with a cautery.
Synonyms: bake, blaze, brand, broil, calcine, cauterize, char, combust, conflagrate, cook, cremate, enkindle, flame, flare, flash, flicker, glow, heat, ignite, incinerate, kindle, light, melt, parch, rekindle, roast, scald, scorch, sear, singe, smoke, smolder, toast, torch, wither Antonyms: extinguish, put out, quench, smother, wet adulterate, begrime, defile, dirty, mess, pollute, soil, stain |
fire/burn
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cavalcade
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Synonyms: array, drill, march-past, procession, review, spectacle, train
Antonyms: individual |
parade
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cavalier
cavalierism, cavalierness,cavalierly |
Synonyms: condescending, curt, disdainful, haughty, high-and-mighty*, insolent, lofty, lordly, offhand, overbearing, proud, scornful, supercilious, superior
Antonyms: caring, conscientious, humble, obliging |
arrogant
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cavil
caviler;caviller,cavilingly; cavillingly, adverb |
Synonyms: altercate, argufy, brawl, caterwaul, cavil, dig, disagree, dispute, fall out, fight, hassle, pick at, quarrel, quibble, row, scrap, scrape, spar, spat, squabble, tiff, wrangle
Antonyms: agree, concede, concur |
argue
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centaur
centaurial, centaurian, centauric |
1. Classical Mythology. one of a race of monsters having the head, trunk, and arms of a man, and the body and legs of a horse.
2. (initial capital letter) Astronomy. the constellation Centaurus. 3. a skillful horseman or horsewoman. 4. (initial capital letter) Rocketry. a U.S. upper stage, with a restartable liquid-propellant engine, used with an Atlas or Titan booster to launch satellites and probes. |
Alpha Centaury Galaxy
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Centurion
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1. (in the ancient Roman army) the commander of a century.
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Roman Soinyo
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cerebration
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Synonyms: brainwork, cerebration, consideration, contemplation, deliberation, meditation, reflection, rumination, speculation
Antonyms: carelessness, impulsiveness, thoughtlessness, vacancy, vacuity |
thought
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ceremonious
ceremonial |
Synonyms: civil, courteous, courtly, decorous, deferential, dignified, exact, formal, grandiose, impressive, majestic, moving, precise, proper, punctilious, seemly, solemn, starchy, stately, stiff, striking
Antonyms: casual, informal, relaxed, simple, unceremonious |
ritual
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chafe
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Synonyms: abrade, bark, corrode, damage, erode, excoriate, gall, grate, graze, hurt, impair, inflame, irritate, peel, ruffle, scrape, scratch, skin, wear
Antonyms: cool, protect, relieve, soothe Synonyms: abrade, anger, annoy, bother, exasperate, exercise, fret, fume, gall, grate, harass, incense, inflame, irk, irritate, itch, offend, provoke, rage, rasp, rub, ruffle, scrape, scratch, vex, worry Antonyms: appease, calm, make happy, molify, pacify |
rub
annoy |
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chagrin
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Synonyms: annoyance, balk, blow, crushing, discomfiture, discomposure, disgruntlement, dismay, disquiet, dissatisfaction, embarrassment, fretfulness, frustration, humiliation, ill-humor, irritation, letdown, mortification, peevishness, shame, spleen, upset, vexation
Antonyms: pride, satisfaction Synonyms: abash, annoy, confuse, crush, discomfit, discompose, disconcert, disgrace, dismay, disquiet, dissatisfy, embarrass, humiliate, irk, irritate, mortify, peeve, perturb, shame, upset, vex Antonyms: delight, make happy, please |
displeasure
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chalice
chaliced |
Synonyms: beaker, bowl, cannikin, chalice, cupful, demitasse, draught, drink, goblet, grail, mug, pannikin, potion, stein, taster, teacup, tumbler, vessel
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container/cup
a drinking cup or goblet. |
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censorious
censoriously, adverb cenoriousness, noun |
Synonyms: accusatory, captious, carping, caviling, cavillous, chiding, complaining, condemnatory, condemning, critic, culpatory, denouncing, disapproving, disparaging, fault-finding, hypercritical, overcritical, reprehending, reproaching, severe
Antonyms: acclaiming, complimentary, encouraging, eulogistic, flattering, laudatory, praising |
critical
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censor
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Synonyms: abridge, ban, black out*, blacklist, bleach, bleep*, blue-pencil*, bowdlerize, clean up, conceal, control, cork*, criticize, cut, decontaminate, delete, edit, examine, excise, expurgate, exscind, inspect, launder*, narrow, oversee, purge, purify, refuse transmission, repress, restrain, restrict, review, revile, sanitize, scissor out*, squelch, sterilize, strike out, supervise communications, suppress, withhold
Antonyms: allow, approve, endorse, permit, sanction |
forbid
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celibate
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Synonyms: chaste, continent, frigid, impotent, maiden, pure, single, virgin, virginal, virtuous
Antonyms: promiscuous, sexual, wanton |
abstaining
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celerity
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Synonyms: alacrity, briskness, dispatch, expedition, expeditiousness, fleetness, gait, haste, hurry, hustle, legerity, promptness, quickness, rapidity, speed, speediness, swiftness, velocity
Antonyms: leisureliness, slowness, sluggishness |
swiftness
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