gre考试词汇量：新东方GRE阅读词汇笔记(10)

cavalcade

procession of riders or horse-drawn carriages; parade; CF. cavalry

cavalier

casual and offhand; arrogant; N: knight

cavil

quibble; make frivolous objections; find fault unnecessarily

cede

yield (title or territory) to (esp. after losing a war); surrender formally; N. cession

celerity

speed; rapidity

celestial

heavenly

celibate

abstaining from sexual intercourse; unmarried; N. celibacy

cemetery

place for burying the dead

censor

(in ancient Rome) overseer of morals (also taking the census); person who eliminates inappropriate matter; V.

censorious

severely critical

censure

blame; criticize; express strong disapproval; N: severe criticism; strong disapproval

centaur

mythical figure, half man and half horse

centigrade

denoting a widely used temperature scale (basically same as Celsius)

centrifugal

radiating; departing from the center

centrifuge

machine that separates substances by whirling them

centripetal

tending toward the center

centurion

Roman army officer (commanding a company of about 100 soldiers)

cerebral

pertaining to the brain or intellect; intellectual rather than emotional; CF. cerebrum

cerebration

thought; working of the brain

ceremonious

marked by formality; extremely formal and polite; CF. ceremony: conventional social courtesy

certitude

certainty

cessation

stoppage

cession

yielding to another; ceding

chafe

warm by rubbing; make sore by rubbing; N.

chaff

worthless products of an endeavor; husk(outer seed cover) separated from grain; Ex. separate the wheat from the chaff

chaffing

bantering; joking

chagrin

annoyance and disappointment; vexation (caused by humiliation or injured pride)

chalice

goblet; consecrated cup

chameleon

lizard that changes color in different situations

champion

support militantly; fight for; N: person who fights for or supports strongly (a principle, movement, person, etc.)

championship

position of champion; defense or support; competition held to determine a champion

chancellor

legal official of high rank; CF. chancellery(chancellory): position of a chancellor

chant

tune(melody) in which a number of words are sung on the same note; V: sing (a chant); utter (a slogan) in the manner of a chant

chaotic

in utter disorder

chapel

small church (in a prison, college, or hospital)

chaperon

older person who accompanies and supervises a young unmarried woman

chaplain

clergyman attached to a chapel

char

make or become black by burning; reduce or be reduced to carbon or charcoal(black substance made by burning wood) by incomplete combustion

charisma

divine gift; great popular charm or appeal; magnetism

charlatan

quack; pretender to knowledge (esp. in medicine)

charm

quality of pleasing; amulet; action or formula thought to have magical power; spell; V: attract; cast a spell on; bewitch

chary

cautious; unwilling to take risks; sparing or restrained about giving; OP. bold

chase

ornament a metal surface by indenting; follow rapidly to catch

chasm

abyss; very deep crack

chassis

framework and working parts of an automobile; framework to which components are attached

chaste

morally pure; virginal; abstaining from illicit sexual acts; modest; simple (of a style of writing); not highly decorated; austere

chasten

discipline; punish in order to correct; CF. castigate

chastise

punish as by beating; criticize severely

chauvinist

blindly devoted patriot; zealous adherent of a group, cause, or sex; ADJ. chauvinistic; CF. chauvinism; Nicolas Chauvin

check

stop motion; curb or restrain

checkered(chequered)

marked by great changes in fortune; with many changes of fortuene; CF. checked: having a pattern of squares

cherubic

angelic; innocent-looking; N. cherub; CF. seraph: winged angel of the highest order

chicanery

trickery; deception

chide

scold; rebuke (someone who has done wrong)

chimerical

fantastically improbable; highly unrealistic; N. chimera: unreal fancy; fire-breathing female creature

chip

lose a small piece from the surface or edge; N: small piece broken off something; CF. French fry; Potato chip/crisp

chisel

swindle or cheat; N: wedgelike tool for cutting

chivalrous

courteous; faithful; brave; N. chivalry

choice

delicate; of very fine quality

choir

group of people who sing together (esp. during religious services); place for choir

choleric

hot-tempered; bad-tempered; irritable; easily angered; CF. cholera

chore

daily domestic task (such as cleaning, cooking, and shopping); unpleasant task

choreography

art of representing dances in written symbols; arrangement of dances

chortle

chuckle with delight; N.

chorus

phrase repeated throughout a song or poem

chronic

long established as a disease

chronicle

report; record (in chronological order)

chuckle

laugh quietly

churlish

boorish; rude; N. churl: boor; yahoo

ciliated

having minute hairs; CF. cilium; CF. cilia: eyelash

cipher

nonentity; worthless person or thing; zero; secret code; V.

circlet

small ring; band of gold, silver, jewel, etc. (worn on the head, arms, or neck as decoration)

circuit

closed circular line around an area; circumference; regularly repeated journey from place to place

circuitous

roundabout

circumlocution

indirect or roundabout expression (by using an uncecessarily large number of words esp. when trying to avoid answering a difficult question directly)

circumscribe

limit; confine; draw a line around

circumspect

prudent; cautious; acting after careful thought

circumvent

outwit; defeat by behaving more cleverly; outsmart; baffle; avoid; get around

cistern

reservoir or water tank

citadel

fortress

cite

quote; commend; Ex. cited for bravery in an official record

civil

having to do with citizens; not military or religious; courteous and polite; Ex. married in a civil ceremony; Ex. civil strife/disorder/law; N. civility; CF. civic

clairvoyant

having foresight; fortuneteller; N. clairvoyance

clamber

climb by crawling with difficulties; scramble

clamor

loud continous noise; continuous demand or complaint made by a large number of people; V: make a clamor; express (a demand) continually and loudly; ADJ. clamorous