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choose v. select, elect, pick (out), determine, judge; decide, prefer,
opt, settle upon or on: She had the right to choose the course
that seemed the best to her. Given the options, I chose to stay.
choosy adj. selective, discriminating, discerning, fastidious, finicky
or finical, particular, fussy, demanding, exacting, difficult,
hard to please , Colloq picky: If you weren't so choosy, you
wouldn't have to pay so much.
chop v. 1 Also, chop away or down or off. cut, hack, hew, lop, crop,
cleave, sever: Chop away that underbrush. I tried to chop off
the end. Don't chop down that tree! 2 Also, chop up. mince;
dice, cube; hash: Chop up the parsley very fine before adding
it to the sauce.
--n. 3 cut, blow, stroke: With a quick chop of the axe, the
branch was severed.
christen v. 1 baptize, anoint: They are going to christen the baby next
week. 2 name, call, dub: The child was christened Madelaine.
The highest peak in Wales is christened Snowdon.
chronic adj. 1 long-lasting, long-standing, lingering, inveterate,
persistent, continuing, lasting, long-lived: The doctor said
that the condition, for which there is no cure, is chronic. 2
inveterate, persistent, dyed in the wool, confirmed, habitual,
hardened: Abby is a chronic liar.
chronicle n. 1 record, history, diary, chronology, account, narrative,
description, report, register, annal(s), archive: She has
written a chronicle of the events leading up to the War of
Jenkins' Ear.
--v. 2 record, register, list, enter, archive, document,
describe; tell, recount, narrate, report, relate, retail: In
the Iliad Homer chronicled the legends of the Trojan War.
chronology
n. account, record, calendar, almanac, journal, log; sequence:
Describe the chronology of events preceding your discovery of
the body.
chubby adj. podgy or US pudgy; stumpy, stubby, chunky, tubby, plump,