GRE备考：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 ; V. covet: desire eagerly

　　cow

　　terrorize; intimidate

　　cower

　　shrink quivering as from fear; cringe

　　coy

　　shy ; showing a 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 ; 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 ones authority; written proof of a persons position; Ex. The new ambassador presented his credentials to the court.

　　credo

　　creed

　　credulity

　　belief on slight evidence; gullibility; naivet ADJ. credulous

　　creed

　　system of religious or ethical belief

　　creep

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

　　cremate

　　incinerate ; N. crematory, crematorium

　　crescendo

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

　　crest

　　top ; 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 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

　　eccentric; odd; whimsical; bad-tempered; N. crotchet: odd or whimsical notion

　　crust

　　hard outer covering

　　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

　　cryptic

　　mysterious; hidden; secret

　　cubicle

　　small chamber used for sleeping or work

　　cue

　　word or signal ; 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 ; reject; select; collect ; 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 ; CF. cupid; CF. Cupid

　　curator

　　superintendent; manager

　　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 announcing the hour of a curfew

　　curmudgeon

　　churlish, miserly individual; bad-tempered old person

　　cursive

　　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