GRE阅读辅导：新东方GRE阅读词汇笔记(14)
couriermessenger
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
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