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DICTIONARY OF SYNONYMOUS WORDS.
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Behaviour—conduct, carriage, manner, deportment, address, demeanor.

Behold—see, look, observe, view.

Beholder—spectator, looker on, observer.

Belief—credit, faith, trust, certainty, confidence, reliance, conviction, opinion, assent.

Below—under, beneath.

Bend—lean, incline, distort, subdue, bow.

Beneath—under, below.

Bequeath—devise, give by will.

Beseech—solicit, crave, beg, implore, entreat, request, urge, supplicate.

Bestow—grant, confer, give, present.

Better—improve, mend, reform, ameliorate.

Blame—reprove, condemn, reproach, censure, reprehend, upbraid, inculpate.

Blameless—unblemished, innocent, faultless, guiltless, spotless, irreproachable.

Blast—desolate, destroy, wither up, split.

Blemish—flaw, spot, defect, fault, speck.

Blast—dull, uncouth, insentient, abrupt.

Blunder—error, mistake.

Boaster—braggard, braggart, braggadocio, vaunter, blusterer.

Boasting—parade, ostentation, vaunting.

Boistorus—violent, furious, impetuous.

Bold—courageous, daring, fearless, impudent, insolent, audacious.

Bondage—scryitude, confinement, imprisonment, slavery

Border—edge, verge, rim, brim, margin, brink, side.

Bore—pierce, penetrate, perforate.

Bound—define, confine, restrict, terminate, limit, circumscribe.

Bounty—liberality, generosity, benevolence, beneficence.

Brave—bold, daring, heroic, courageous, undaunted, intrepid, fearless.

Breach—gap, chasm, break, opening.

Break—destroy, batter, rend, dissolve, tame, demolish, shatter.

Breaker—surge, billow, wave, sand-bank, covered rock.

Brier—short, concise, succinct, compendious, summary, epitomized.

Bright—clear, shining, sparkling, brilliant, glistening, glittering, lucid, resplendent.

Brrilliancy—brightness, radiance, splendor, luster.

Broad—far-reaching, ample, large, extensive, wide.

Broil—fight, quarrel, altercation, affray.

Bruise—break, crush, squeeze, pound, compress.

Build—erect, establish, found, construct.

Bulk—greatness, largeness, extent, magnitude, size, dimensions.

Burden—load, freight, weight, cargo.

Burning—ardent, fiery, hot, scorching.

Burst—break, rend, crack, split.

Business—trade, occupation, calling, work, avocation, employment, profession.

Bustle—disorder, hurry, tumult, confusion.

But—except, still, however, save, nevertheless, yet, notwithstanding.

Butchery—havoc, slaughter, massacre, carnage.

Buy—procure, bargain, obtain, purchase.

C

Caral—coalition, combination, league, conspiracy, intrigue, plot.

Calamity—mishap, disaster, misfortune.

Calculate—count, number, compute, reckon, estimate.

Call—exclaim, cry, invite, name, summon, subpena.

Calling—trade, occupation, profession, business, employment, avocation.

Calm—soothe, compose, tranquilize, pacify, appease, allay, assuage.

Cancel—erase, destroy, abolish, repeal, annul, revoke.

Candid—frank, open, artless, honest, ingenuous.

Capabale—able, fitted, competent, qualified, skillful.

Capacity—capability, faculty, ability, genius, talent.

Caprice—fancy, humor, freak, whim, notion.

Capricious—notional, variable, fickle, changeable, fantastical, whimsical.

Captivate—charm, enslave, attract, enchant, enrapture, fascinate, take prisoner.

Captivity—servitude, confinement, bondage, imprisonment.

Capture—prize, seizure.

Care—anxiety, solicitude, regard, attention, management, concern, disquiectude, worry.

Careful—cautious, solicitous, attentive, provident, guarded, prudent, circumspect.

Careless—heedless, remiss, thoughtless, inattentive, negligent, unconcerned.

Caress—fondle, endear, embrace, stroke, soothe.

Carnage—massacre, butchery, slaughter.

Carrige—manner, behavior, mien, deportment, demeanor, walk, bearing.

Carry—transport, convey, bear.

Cast—throw, hurl, turn, fling, direct.

Catch—snatch, seize, lay hold of, grasp, capture, grip.

Cause—origin, source, reason, inducement.

Caution—advice, warning, notice, admonition, care, solicitude, circumspection.

Cautious—careful, wary, watchful, prudent, circumspect.

Cease—leave off, desist, discontinue, stop.

Celebrated—honored, famous, illustrious, renowned.

Celebrate—praise, extol, commend, perpetuate.

Censure—rebuke, reprimand, condemnation, reproach, blame, stricture.

Cremony—form, rite, observance.

Certain—manifest, actual, real, sure, constant.

Chargin—vexation, mortification, fretfulness.

Challange—demand, defy, call, accuse, claim, object, except.

Chance—hazard, casual, fortuitous.

Change—alteration, variety, mutation, conversion, vicissitude.

Changable—uncertain, variable, fickle, mutable, inconstant, unsteady.

Character—manner, reputation, description, letter, markm quality.

Charity—kindness, benevolence, good-will, liberality, beneficence, generosity.

Charm—attract, bewitch, delight, enrapture, captivate, fascinate.

Chasten—corrcect, punish, afflict, chastise.

Chasteness—purity, continence, simplicity, chastity.

Chastise—correct, afflict, punish.

Chattels—effects, movable goods.

Cheat—fraud, deception, stratagem, deceit, imposition.

Cheer—incite, comfort, gladden, encourage, exhilarate.

Cheerfullness—mirth, gladness, liveliness, sprightliness, gayety, jollity, comfort.

Cherish—help, shelter, warm, nurture, foster.

Chide—scold, rebuke, reprove, reprimand.

Chiefly—mainly, principally, particularly, especially.

childish—simple, puerile, trifling.

Childhood—infancy, minority.

Children—Offspring, issue, progeny.

Choke—stifle, smother, suffocate.

Choice—selection, election, option.

Choose—prefer, select, pick, elect.

Circulate—spread, pass, diffuse, propagate.

Circumscribe—limit, confine, enclose, bound.

Circumstance—event, incident, state, situation, condition.

Circumspeect—watchful, cautious, wary, particular, vigilant, prudent.

Circumstantiual—minute, particular, incidental, accidental.

Civil—obliging, polite, affable, courteous, complaisant, polished, well-bred.

Civilisation—refinement, culture.

Claim—demand, pretension, right.

Clandestine—secret, hidden, private.

Class—division, order, degree, rank.

Cleansing—purifying, purging, cleaning.

Clear—free, pure, acquit, absolve, discharge, satisfy, vindicate, evident, apparent, obvious.

Clearly—distinctly, lucidly, plainly, manifestly, obviously, visibly.

Clemency—mercy, mildness, lenity, kindness.

Clever—adroit, skillful, ready, expert.

Climb—mount, scale, ascend.

Cling—stick, hold, cleave, clasp, hang.

Close—shut, firm, compact, concise, confined, near.

Clothes—raiment, garment, covering, attire, habiliments, apparel.

Clouded—obscured, variegated, dark, gloomy, overcast, sullen.

Clumsy—awkward, unhandy, bungling, uncouth.

Coadjutor—assistant, colleague, ally.

Coalition—conspiracy, league, union, combination.

Coarse—gross, inelegant, rough, rude, vulgar, unrefined.

Coax—flatter, wheedle, fawn, cajole.

Coerce—force, compel, restrain.

Cognomen—name, appellation, denomination.

Coherent—consistent, adhesive, tenacious.

Coincide—harmonize, agree, concur.

Cold—reserved, chill, frigid, shy, unaffecting.

Colleauge—ally, associate, partner,coadjutor.

Collected—calm, placid, unruffled, composed, gathered.

Collection—gathering, assemblage, contribution, group.