gre词汇精选：新东方GRE阅读词汇笔记(14)

courier

messenger

court

attempt to gain; seek; woo; risk; behave so as to invite; attempt to gain the favor of by attention; Ex. court disaster

covenant

binding agreement between two groups or people; compact; V: enter into a covenant; promise

covert

secret; hidden; implied; OP. overt

covetous

avaricious; desirous of (someone else's possessions); V. covet: desire eagerly (someone else's possessions)

cow

terrorize; intimidate

cower

shrink quivering as from fear; cringe

coy

shy (flirtatiously); showing a (pretended) lack of self-confidence; modest; coquettish; CF. job offer

cozen

cheat; hoodwink; swindle

crabbed

sour; bad-tempered; peevish; difficult to read as handwriting

craft

skill (esp. with one's hands); skill in deceiving people; guile; ADJ. crafty: cleverly deceitful; cunning

crass

very unrefined; grossly insensible; crude and undiscriminating; Ex. crass behavior

crave

desire; want intensely

craven

cowardly

credence

belief

credential

evidence concerning one's authority; written proof of a person's position; Ex. The new ambassador presented his credentials to the court.

credo

creed

credulity

belief on slight evidence; gullibility; naivet\'e; ADJ. credulous

creed

system of religious or ethical belief

creep

move with body close to the ground; move stealthily or slowly; N.

cremate

incinerate (a corpse); N. crematory, crematorium

crescendo

increase in the volume or intensity as in a musical passage; climax; CF. crescent

crest

top (as of a hill or wave); showy feathers on the head of a bird

crestfallen

dejected; dispirited

crevice

crack; fissure

cringe

shrink back as if in fear; cower

crinkle

wrinkle

criteria

standards used in judging; CF. criterion

crochet

make (a piece of needlework) by looping thread with a hooked needle; N. CF. crotchet

crone

hag; ugly old woman

cross

bad-tempered; showing ill-humor; angry

crossbreed

hybridize; N: hybrid; CF. interbreed; CF. inbreed

crotchety

(of someone old) eccentric; odd; whimsical; bad-tempered; N. crotchet: odd or whimsical notion

crust

hard outer covering (as of earth or snow)

crux

essential or main point; Ex. the crux of the problem; ADJ. crucial: of deciding importance

crypt

secret recess or vault usually used for burial; underground room (under a church)

cryptic

mysterious; hidden; secret

cubicle

small chamber used for sleeping or work

cue

word or signal (as in a play to prompt another actor's speech or entrance); reminder or hint; V: give a cue to

cuisine

style of cooking; Ex. French cuisine

culinary

relating to cooking or kitchen

cull

pick out from others (to kill the weakest members); reject; select; collect (information); N.

culmination

highest point; climax; V. culminate in: reach the highest point in; end in; Ex. a series of minor clashes culminating in war

culpable

deserving blame; blameworthy

culprit

one guilty of a crime

culvert

artificial channel for water; drain crossing under a road

cumbersome

heavy and awkward to carry or wear; burdensome; Ex. cumbersome parcel/uniform

cumulative

growing by addition; accumulative

cunning

clever in deceiving; sly; N: cleverness in deceiving; deceit

cupidity

greed (for wealth); CF. cupid; CF. Cupid

curator

superintendent; manager (in charge of a museum or a library)

curb

chain or strap used with a bit to restrain a horse; something that checks; V: check; restrain

curfew

regulation requiring all people to leave the streets at stated times; signal (as a bell) announcing the hour of a curfew

curmudgeon

churlish, miserly individual; bad-tempered old person

cursive

(of writing) flowing; running; having the successive letters joined

cursory

casual; hastily done with little attention to detail

curtail

shorten; reduce

cynical

skeptical or distrustful of human motives; N. cynicism; CF. cynic: person who believes all people are motivated by selfishness

cynosure

object of general attention; person or thing that is a center of attention; CF. Ursa Minor