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ecalcitrant: She was so coy she would disappear whenever we<br />

had guests.<br />

3.7 crack...<br />

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=crack<br />

n. 1 break, fracture, chink, crevice, rift, gap, flaw, split,<br />

fissure, slit, cleft, split, check, rupture, breach: The crack<br />

in the dam was caused by an earthquake. 2 snap, report, bang,<br />

clap, shot: I ducked when I heard the crack of the rifle. 3<br />

moment, instant, time, second: She gets up at the crack of<br />

dawn.<br />

--v. 4 snap: He cracks the whip and the horses start up. 5<br />

break, fracture, rupture; shiver, shatter, smash: He fell<br />

backwards on the pavement and cracked his skull. 6 fissure,<br />

craze, crackle, US alligator: The heat of the sun caused the<br />

paint to crack.<br />

craft<br />

n. 1 skill, ability, artisanship, handiwork, ingenuity,<br />

skilfulness, art, talent, dexterity, cleverness, mastery,<br />

expertness, expertise, flair, genius , Colloq know-how:<br />

Considerable craft is required to make that kind of jewellery.<br />

2 deceit, guile, cunning, fraud, trickery, wiliness, foxiness,<br />

artfulness, craftiness, duplicity: He exhibits that crooked<br />

wisdom called craft. 3 trade, occupation, calling, vocation,<br />

m‚tier; profession: He was a member of one of the medieval<br />

craft guilds. 4 vessel, ship, boat; hovercraft; aircraft,<br />

aeroplane, plane; spaceship, spacecraft, rocket: One day there<br />

will be at least as many craft in space as there now are in the<br />

air.<br />

--v. 5 make, fashion, fabricate: She crafted the figures out<br />

of solid wood.<br />

crafty adj. artful, cunning, clever, shrewd, foxy, canny, wily, sly,<br />

scheming, calculating, designing, plotting, tricky, sneaky,<br />

deceitful, shifty, dodgy, guileful, insidious, double-dealing,<br />

two-faced, duplicitous, treacherous: That crafty beggar has<br />

made off with my life's savings.<br />

crag<br />

n. cliff, bluff, tor, peak, rock, escarpment, scarp, precipice,

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