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centernounAn area that is approximately central within some larger region.beginner
It is in the center of town.
ORIGIN SUMMARYSource-language links: Ancient Greek, Latin, Middle French. The source may include more than one historical route or component.
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centerpiecenounThe central or most important feature.advanced
Education was the centerpiece of the Democratic Party's political platform.
ORIGIN SUMMARYSource-language links: Ancient Greek, Gaulish, Late Latin, Latin, Middle English, Middle French, Old French. The source may include more than one historical route or component.
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centraladjectiveServing as an essential component.beginner
The central cause of the problem.
ORIGIN SUMMARYSource-language links: Ancient Greek, Latin. The source may include more than one historical route or component.
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centralizedadjectiveDrawn toward a center or brought under the control of a central authority.intermediate
Centralized government.
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centrallyadverbIn or near or toward a center or according to a central role or function.intermediate
The theater is centrally located.
ORIGIN SUMMARYSource-language links: Ancient Greek, Latin. The source may include more than one historical route or component.
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centrifugaladjectiveTending away from centralization, as of authority.advanced
The division of Europe into warring blocs produces ever-increasing centrifugal stress.
ORIGIN SUMMARYSource-language links: Ancient Greek, Hindi, Latin, New Latin. The source may include more than one historical route or component.
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cerebraladjectiveInvolving intelligence rather than emotions or instinct.intermediate
A cerebral approach to the problem.
ORIGIN SUMMARYSource-language links: French, Latin, Middle English, Old French. The source may include more than one historical route or component.
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cerebrallyadverbIn the brain.advanced
Bleeding cerebrally.
ORIGIN SUMMARYSource-language links: French, Latin, Middle English, Old French. The source may include more than one historical route or component.
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ceremonialadjectiveMarked by pomp or ceremony or formality.advanced
A ceremonial occasion.
ORIGIN SUMMARYSource-language links: Latin, Middle English. The source may include more than one historical route or component.
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ceremonynounA formal event performed on a special occasion.intermediate
A ceremony commemorating Pearl Harbor.
ORIGIN SUMMARYSource-language links: Latin, Middle English. The source may include more than one historical route or component.
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certainadjectiveDefinite but not specified or identified.beginner
To a certain degree.
ORIGIN SUMMARYSource-language links: Latin, Middle English, Old French, Vulgar Latin. The source may include more than one historical route or component.
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certainlyadverbDefinitely or positively (`sure' is sometimes used informally for `surely').intermediate
She certainly is a hard worker.
ORIGIN SUMMARYSource-language links: Latin, Middle English, Old English, Old French, Vulgar Latin. The source may include more than one historical route or component.
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certaintynounThe state of being certain.intermediate
His certainty reassured the others.
ORIGIN SUMMARYSource-language links: Anglo-Norman, Latin, Middle English, Old French, Vulgar Latin. The source may include more than one historical route or component.
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certifiedadjectiveEndorsed authoritatively as having met certain requirements.intermediate
A certified public accountant.
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chafenounSoreness and warmth caused by friction.beginner
He had a nasty chafe on his knee.
ORIGIN SUMMARYSource-language links: Latin, Middle English, Old French, Vulgar Latin. The source may include more than one historical route or component.
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chagrinedadjectiveFeeling or caused to feel uneasy and self-conscious.intermediate
Chagrined at the poor sales of his book.
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chainnounA series of things depending on each other as if linked together.beginner
The chain of command.
ORIGIN SUMMARYSource-language links: Latin, Middle English, Old French. The source may include more than one historical route or component.
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chairnounA seat for one person, with a support for the back.beginner
He put his coat over the back of the chair and sat down.
ORIGIN SUMMARYSource-language links: Ancient Greek, Latin, Middle English, Old French. The source may include more than one historical route or component.
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challengenounA demanding or stimulating situation.intermediate
They reacted irrationally to the challenge of Russian power.
ORIGIN SUMMARYSource-language links: Latin, Middle English, Old French, Old Northern French. The source may include more than one historical route or component.
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challengingadjectiveRequiring full use of your abilities or resources.intermediate
Performed the most challenging task without a mistake.
ORIGIN SUMMARYSource-language links: Ancient Greek, Latin, Middle English, Old English, Old French, Old Norse, Old Northern French. The source may include more than one historical route or component.
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chambernounA deliberative or legislative or administrative or judicial assembly.intermediate
The upper chamber is the senate.
ORIGIN SUMMARYSource-language links: Ancient Greek, Latin, Middle English, Old French. The source may include more than one historical route or component.
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chamberedadjectiveHaving compartmental chambers.intermediate
A spiral chambered seashell.
ORIGIN SUMMARYSource-language links: Ancient Greek, Latin, Middle English, Old French. The source may include more than one historical route or component.
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championadjectiveHolding first place in a contest.intermediate
A champion show dog.
ORIGIN SUMMARYSource-language links: Frankish, Latin, Medieval Latin, Middle English, Old French. The source may include more than one historical route or component.
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chancenounA possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances.beginner
Now is your chance.
ORIGIN SUMMARYSource-language links: Latin, Middle English, Old French, Vulgar Latin. The source may include more than one historical route or component.
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chancyadjectiveSubject to accident or chance or change.beginner
A chancy appeal at best.
ORIGIN SUMMARYSource-language links: Latin, Middle English, Old French, Vulgar Latin. The source may include more than one historical route or component.
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changenounAn event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another.beginner
The change was intended to increase sales.
ORIGIN SUMMARYSource-language links: Gaulish, Late Latin, Latin, Middle English, Old French. The source may include more than one historical route or component.
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changeableadjectiveSuch that alteration is possible; having a marked tendency to change.advanced
Changeable behavior.
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changedadjectiveMade or become different in some respect.intermediate
He's an altered (or changed) man since his election to Congress.
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changernounA person who changes something.intermediate
An inveterate changer of the menu.
ORIGIN SUMMARYSource-language links: Gaulish, Late Latin, Latin, Middle English, Old French. The source may include more than one historical route or component.
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channelnounA path over which electrical signals can pass.intermediate
A channel is typically what you rent from a telephone company.
ORIGIN SUMMARYSource-language links: Latin, Middle English, Old French. The source may include more than one historical route or component.
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channelsnounOfficial routes of communication.intermediate
You have to go through channels.
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chapnounA boy or man.beginner
That chap is your host.
ORIGIN SUMMARYSource-language links: Middle English.
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chapelnounA service conducted in a place of worship that has its own altar.beginner
He was late for chapel.
ORIGIN SUMMARYSource-language links: Late Latin, Latin, Middle English, Old French, Old Latin. The source may include more than one historical route or component.
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chapternounA subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled.beginner
He read a chapter every night before falling asleep.
ORIGIN SUMMARYSource-language links: Late Latin, Latin, Middle English, Old French. The source may include more than one historical route or component.
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charnounA human female employed to do housework.beginner
The char will clean the carpet.
ORIGIN SUMMARYSource-language links: Irish, Middle English, Middle Low German, Old English. The source may include more than one historical route or component.
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characternounAn imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story).beginner
She is the main character in the novel.
ORIGIN SUMMARYSource-language links: Ancient Greek, Latin, Middle English, Old French. The source may include more than one historical route or component.
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characteristicadjectiveTypical or distinctive.intermediate
Stripes characteristic of the zebra.
ORIGIN SUMMARYSource-language links: Ancient Greek.
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characteristicallyadverbIn characteristic manner.advanced
He arrived characteristically late.
ORIGIN SUMMARYSource-language links: Ancient Greek, Anglo-Norman, Latin, Middle English, Middle French, Old French. The source may include more than one historical route or component.
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characterizationnounThe act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features.advanced
The media's characterization of Al Gore as a nerd.
ORIGIN SUMMARYSource-language links: Ancient Greek, Latin, Medieval Latin, Middle English, Old French. The source may include more than one historical route or component.
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characterizeverbDescribe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of.intermediate
You can characterize his behavior as that of an egotist.
ORIGIN SUMMARYSource-language links: Ancient Greek, Latin, Medieval Latin, Middle English, Old French. The source may include more than one historical route or component.
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chargenounAn impetuous rush toward someone or something.beginner
The battle began with a cavalry charge.
ORIGIN SUMMARYSource-language links: Gaulish, Late Latin, Latin, Medieval Latin, Middle English, Old French. The source may include more than one historical route or component.
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chargeableadjectiveLiable to be accused, or cause for such liability.intermediate
The suspect was chargeable.
ORIGIN SUMMARYSource-language links: Gaulish, Late Latin, Latin, Medieval Latin, Middle English, Old French, Old Northern French. The source may include more than one historical route or component.
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chargedadjectiveFraught with great emotion.intermediate
An emotionally charged speech.
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charitableadjectiveRelating to or characterized by charity.advanced
A charitable foundation.
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charitablyadverbIn a charitable manner.advanced
She treated him charitably.
ORIGIN SUMMARYEnglish word formation.
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charmnounA verbal formula believed to have magical force.beginner
Inscribed around its base is a charm in Balinese.
ORIGIN SUMMARYSource-language links: Latin, Middle English, Old English, Old French. The source may include more than one historical route or component.
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charmingadjectivePleasing or delighting.beginner
A charming personality.
ORIGIN SUMMARYSource-language links: Ancient Greek, Latin, Middle English, Old English, Old French, Old Norse. The source may include more than one historical route or component.
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charteredadjectiveHired for the exclusive temporary use of a group of travelers.intermediate
The chartered buses arrived on time.
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charyadjectiveCharacterized by great caution and wariness.beginner
Chary of the risks involved.
ORIGIN SUMMARYSource-language links: Middle English, Old English. The source may include more than one historical route or component.
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chasteadjectivePure and simple in design or style.beginner
A chaste border of conventionalized flowers.
ORIGIN SUMMARYSource-language links: Latin, Middle English, Old French. The source may include more than one historical route or component.
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cheapadjectiveRelatively low in price or charging low prices.beginner
It would have been cheap at twice the price.
ORIGIN SUMMARYSource-language links: Latin, Middle English, Old English. The source may include more than one historical route or component.
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cheaplyadverbWith little expenditure of money.intermediate
I bought this car very cheaply.
ORIGIN SUMMARYSource-language links: Latin, Middle English, Old English. The source may include more than one historical route or component.
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checkverbExamine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition.beginner
Check out the engine.
ORIGIN SUMMARYSource-language links: Arabic, Medieval Latin, Middle English, Middle Persian, Old French, Old Persian, Persian. The source may include more than one historical route or component.
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checkeredadjectiveMarked by changeable fortune.intermediate
A checkered business career.
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checkoutnounThe latest time for vacating a hotel room.intermediate
The checkout here is 12 noon.
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cheerverbCause (somebody) to feel happier or more cheerful.beginner
She tried to cheer up the disappointed child when he failed to win the spelling bee.
ORIGIN SUMMARYSource-language links: Ancient Greek, Late Latin, Latin, Middle English, Old French. The source may include more than one historical route or component.
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cheerfuladjectiveBeing full of or promoting cheer; having or showing good spirits.intermediate
Her cheerful nature.
ORIGIN SUMMARYSource-language links: Ancient Greek, Late Latin, Latin, Middle English, Old French. The source may include more than one historical route or component.
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cheerfullyadverbIn a cheerful manner.intermediate
He cheerfully agreed to do it.
ORIGIN SUMMARYSource-language links: Ancient Greek, Late Latin, Latin, Middle English, Old French. The source may include more than one historical route or component.
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cheerfulnessnounThe quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom.advanced
Flowers added a note of cheerfulness to the drab room.
ORIGIN SUMMARYSource-language links: Ancient Greek, Late Latin, Latin, Middle English, Old English, Old French. The source may include more than one historical route or component.
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cheerleadernounAn enthusiastic and vocal supporter.advanced
He has become a cheerleader for therapeutic cloning.
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chemicaladjectiveOf or made from or using substances produced by or used in reactions involving atomic or molecular changes.intermediate
Chemical fertilizer.
ORIGIN SUMMARYSource-language links: Hindi.
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chemicallyadverbWith respect to chemistry.intermediate
Chemically related.
ORIGIN SUMMARYSource-language links: Hindi.
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chemistrynounThe way two individuals relate to each other.intermediate
Their chemistry was wrong from the beginning -- they hated each other.
ORIGIN SUMMARYSource-language links: Ancient Greek, Arabic, French, Latin, Medieval Latin. The source may include more than one historical route or component.
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cherishedadjectiveCharacterized by feeling or showing fond affection for.intermediate
A cherished friend.
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chiefadjectiveMost important element.beginner
The chief aim of living.
ORIGIN SUMMARYSource-language links: Latin, Middle English, Old French, Vulgar Latin. The source may include more than one historical route or component.
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childnounAn immature childish person.beginner
He remained a child in practical matters as long as he lived.
ORIGIN SUMMARYSource-language links: Middle English, Old English, Old Norse. The source may include more than one historical route or component.
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childlessadjectiveWithout offspring.intermediate
In some societies a childless woman is rejected by her tribesmen.
ORIGIN SUMMARYSource-language links: Middle English, Old English, Old Norse. The source may include more than one historical route or component.
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chillyadjectiveNot characterized by emotion.beginner
A female form in marble--a chilly but ideal medium for depicting abstract virtues.
ORIGIN SUMMARYSource-language links: Middle English, Old English. The source may include more than one historical route or component.
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chimericaladjectiveProduced by a wildly fanciful imagination.advanced
His Utopia is not a chimerical commonwealth but a practical improvement on what already exists.
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chipperadjectiveHaving a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air.intermediate
Looking chipper, like a man...diverted by his own wit.
ORIGIN SUMMARYSource-language links: Anglo-Norman, Chinese, Latin, Middle English, Old English, Old French. The source may include more than one historical route or component.
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chirpyadjectiveCharacterized by liveliness and lightheartedness.beginner
His quick wit and chirpy humor.
ORIGIN SUMMARYSource-language links: Middle English.
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chiseledadjectiveHaving a clean and distinct outline as if precisely cut along the edges.intermediate
A finely chiseled nose.
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chitnounA dismissive term for a girl who is immature or who lacks respect.beginner
She's a saucy chit.
ORIGIN SUMMARYSource-language links: Hindi, Middle English, Old English. The source may include more than one historical route or component.
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chloroformnounA volatile liquid haloform (CHCl3); formerly used as an anesthetic.intermediate
Chloroform was the first inhalation anesthetic.
ORIGIN SUMMARYSource-language links: French.
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chockadverbAs completely as possible.beginner
It was chock-a-block full.
ORIGIN SUMMARYSource-language links: Anglo-Norman, Gaulish, Old French. The source may include more than one historical route or component.
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choicenounThe act of choosing or selecting.intermediate
Your choice of colors was unfortunate.
ORIGIN SUMMARYSource-language links: Gothic, Middle English, Old English, Old French, Vulgar Latin. The source may include more than one historical route or component.
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chokeverbReduce the air supply.beginner
Choke a carburetor.
ORIGIN SUMMARYSource-language links: Akkadian, Andalusian Arabic, Arabic, Lombard, Middle English, Occitan, Old English, Old Spanish. The source may include more than one historical route or component.
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chokedadjectiveStopped up; clogged up.intermediate
Streets choked with traffic.
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chokeholdnounA restraining hold; someone loops the arm around the neck of another person in a tight grip, usually from behind.intermediate
He grabbed the woman in a chokehold, demanded her cash and jewelry, and then fled.
ORIGIN SUMMARYSource-language links: Akkadian, Andalusian Arabic, Arabic, Lombard, Middle English, Occitan, Old English, Old Spanish. The source may include more than one historical route or component.
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chokingnounThe act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe.intermediate
No evidence that the choking was done by the accused.
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cholericadjectiveCharacterized by anger.intermediate
A choleric outburst.
ORIGIN SUMMARYSource-language links: Ancient Greek, Late Latin, Latin, Middle English, Old French. The source may include more than one historical route or component.
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chooseverbSelect as an alternative over another.beginner
I always choose the fish over the meat courses in this restaurant.
ORIGIN SUMMARYSource-language links: Middle English, Old English. The source may include more than one historical route or component.
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chopnounThe irregular motion of waves (usually caused by wind blowing in a direction opposite to the tide).beginner
The boat headed into the chop.
ORIGIN SUMMARYSource-language links: Hindi, Middle English. The source may include more than one historical route or component.
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choraladjectiveRelated to or written for or performed by a chorus or choir.beginner
Choral composition.
ORIGIN SUMMARYSource-language links: Ancient Greek, Late Latin, Latin. The source may include more than one historical route or component.
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choricadjectiveRelating to or written for or in the style of a Greek chorus.beginner
A choric Greek tragedy.
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chosennounOne who is the object of choice; who is given preference.intermediate
She was Mama's chosen.
ORIGIN SUMMARYSource-language links: Latin, Middle French, Old French, Old Latin. The source may include more than one historical route or component.
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chromeverbPlate with chromium.beginner
Chrome bathroom fixtures.
ORIGIN SUMMARYSource-language links: Ancient Greek, French. The source may include more than one historical route or component.
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chronicadjectiveBeing long-lasting and recurrent or characterized by long suffering.beginner
Chronic indigestion.
ORIGIN SUMMARYSource-language links: Ancient Greek, Latin, Old French. The source may include more than one historical route or component.
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chronologicallyadverbWith respect to chronology.advanced
He is chronologically older.
ORIGIN SUMMARYSource-language links: Ancient Greek, French, Hindi, Latin, Middle English, New Latin, Old French, Old Latin. The source may include more than one historical route or component.
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chrysanthemumnounA flowering plant with many varieties of colorful blooms.advanced
A yellow chrysanthemum stood beside the window.
ORIGIN SUMMARYGreek, through Latin
Original teaching entry.
chummyadjective(used informally) associated on close terms.beginner
The bartender was chummy with the regular customers.
ORIGIN SUMMARYSource-language links: Welsh.
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chunknounA substantial amount.beginner
We won a chunk of money.
ORIGIN SUMMARYSource-language links: Japanese, Middle English, Old English, Old Japanese. The source may include more than one historical route or component.
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chunkyadjectiveLike or containing small sticky lumps.beginner
The dumplings were chunky pieces of uncooked dough.
ORIGIN SUMMARYSource-language links: Japanese, Middle English, Old English, Old Japanese. The source may include more than one historical route or component.
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churlishadjectiveHaving a bad disposition; surly.intermediate
Churlish as a bear.
ORIGIN SUMMARYSource-language links: Latin, Middle English, Old English, Old French. The source may include more than one historical route or component.
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churningadjectiveMoving with or producing or produced by vigorous agitation.intermediate
Winds whipped the piled leaves into churning masses.
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cinemanounA medium that disseminates moving pictures.intermediate
This story would be good cinema.
ORIGIN SUMMARYSource-language links: Ancient Greek, French. The source may include more than one historical route or component.
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circlenounEllipse in which the two axes are of equal length; a plane curve generated by one point moving at a constant distance from a fixed point.beginner
He calculated the circumference of the circle.
ORIGIN SUMMARYSource-language links: Ancient Greek, Latin, Middle English, Old French. The source may include more than one historical route or component.
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circuitnounA journey or route all the way around a particular place or area.intermediate
We took a quick circuit of the park.
ORIGIN SUMMARYSource-language links: Latin, Middle English, Old French. The source may include more than one historical route or component.
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circuitousadjectiveDeviating from a straight course.advanced
A long and circuitous journey by train and boat.
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circularnounAn advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution.intermediate
He mailed the circular to all subscribers.
ORIGIN SUMMARYSource-language links: Ancient Greek, Late Latin, Latin, Middle English, Old French. The source may include more than one historical route or component.
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