Chapter Chouse to Clash of C by Soule's Synonymes

Circumstances, n. pl.

1. Situation, condition, position, state of affairs.

2. Surroundings, environment, attendant conditions.

3. Pecuniary standing, moneyed condition.

Circumstantial, a.

1. Particular, minute, detailed.

2. Indirect, inferential, presumptive, founded on circumstances.

Circumvent, v. a.

1. Thwart, check, check-mate, outgeneral.

2. Deceive, cheat, defraud, trick, cozen, overreach, delude, hoodwink, dupe, gull, bamboozle, chouse, outwit, beguile, mislead, inveigle, impose upon.

Circumvention, n. Fraud, deception, imposition, imposture, deceit, cheat, cheating, trick, trickery, indirection, crooked ways, chicanery, wiles.

Cirrus, n. [pl. Cirri.]

1. (Bot.) Tendril, filament.

2. (Zoöl.) Filamentary appendage.

3. (Meteor.) Curl-cloud, cat’s-tail, mare’s-tail.

Cistern, n. Reservoir, tank.

Citadel, n. Castle, stronghold. See fortress.

Citation, n.

1. Summons, official call or notice.

2. Quotation, extract, excerpt, quoted passage.

3. Enumeration, mention, quoting, quotation, bringing forward.