GRE备考：GRE阅读词汇笔记(9)

　　Barron GRE word list - C

　　cabal

　　small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests

　　cache

　　hiding place; V.

　　cacophonous

　　discordant; inharmonious; N. cacophony: unpleasant mixture of loud sounds

　　cadaver

　　corpse; dead human body

　　cadaverous

　　like a corpse; pale

　　cadence

　　rhythmic rise and fall ; beat; regular beat of sound; rhythm

　　cadet

　　student at a military school

　　cajole

　　persuade by praise or false promise; coax; wheedle

　　calamity

　　disaster; misery

　　calculated

　　deliberately planned; likely

　　caldron

　　large kettle

　　caliber

　　ability; quality; diameter of the inside of a round cylinder; Ex. work of very high caliber

　　calligraphy

　　beautiful writing; excellent penmanship

　　callous

　　hardened; unfeeling; without sympathy for the sufferings of others; unkind

　　callow

　　youthful; immature; inexperienced

　　callus

　　area of thick hard skin

　　calorific

　　heat-producing; N. calorie

　　calumny

　　malicious misrepresentation; slander

　　camaraderie

　　good-fellowship; CF. comrade

　　cameo

　　shell or jewel carved in relief; stars special appearance in a minor role in a film

　　camp

　　group sharing a common cause or opinion

　　canard

　　unfounded false rumor; exaggerated false report

　　candor

　　frankness; open honesty; ADJ. candid

　　canine

　　related to dogs; doglike

　　canker

　　any ulcerous sore; ulcer; any evil; CF. cancer

　　canny

　　shrewd in money matters; thrifty

　　cant

　　insincere speech or expression of piety; jargon of thieves; special words used by a particular group of people

　　cantankerous

　　ill-humored; irritable

　　cantata

　　story set to music to be sung by a chorus

　　canter

　　slow gallop; V. CF. trot

　　canto

　　division of a long poem

　　canvass

　　determine or seek opinions, votes, etc.; go through to solicit votes or orders; conduct a survey; N.

　　capacious

　　spacious

　　capacity

　　mental or physical ability; role; position or duty; ability to accommodate; Ex. in my capacity as president

　　capillary

　　having a very fine bore; resembling a hair; fine and slender; Ex. capillary attraction; N: very fine hairlike tube; CF. capillarity

　　capitulate

　　surrender; give up all resistance

　　caprice

　　whim; sudden change of mind without any real cause

　　capricious

　　unpredictable; fickle

　　capsize

　　turn over

　　caption

　　title; chapter heading; text under illustration

　　captious

　　faultfinding; too critical

　　carafe

　　glass water bottle; decanter

　　carapace

　　shell covering the back

　　carat

　　unit of weight for precious stones; measure of the purity of gold

　　carcinogenic

　　causing cancer; N. carcinogen

　　cardinal

　　chief; most important; N: priest; cardinal number: number that shows quantity rather thatn order

　　cardiologist

　　doctor specializing in ailments of the heart

　　careen

　　lurch; sway from side to side; move with irregular swinging movement; stagger

　　career

　　rush wildly; go at full speed

　　carefree

　　free from worries; having no problems

　　caricature

　　distortion; burlesque

　　carillon

　　a set of bells capable of being played

　　carnage

　　destruction of life; slaughter; killing of large numbers of people or animals

　　carnal

　　fleshly; sensual; concerning the desires of the body

　　carnivorous

　　meat-eating; N. carnivore; CF. herbivore

　　carousal

　　drunken revel; V. carouse

　　carping

　　petty criticism; fault-finding; fretful complaining; quibble

　　carrion

　　rotting flesh of a dead body; CF. vulture

　　cartographer

　　map-maker

　　cascade

　　small waterfall

　　caste

　　one of the hereditary classes in Hindu society; social stratification; prestige

　　castigation

　　punishment; severe criticism or disapproval

　　castrate

　　remove the sex organs

　　casual

　　happening by chance; irregular; occasional; informal; showing or feeling little interest; Ex. casual reader/labor/remark

　　casualty

　　serious or fatal accident; person killed or wounded in an accident or battle

　　cataclysm

　　deluge; upheaval; earthquake; violent and sudden event or change

　　catalyst

　　agent which brings about a chemical change while it remains unaffected and unchanged; CF. catalysis

　　catapult

　　slingshot; hurling machine; V: fire from catapult

　　cataract

　　great waterfall; eye abnormality

　　catastrophe

　　calamity ; disaster

　　catcall

　　shout of disapproval or displeasure ; boo; V.

　　catechism

　　book for religious instruction in question-and-answer form; religious instruction by question and answer; V. catechize

　　categorical

　　without exceptions; made without any doubt in mind; unqualified; absolute

　　cater

　　provide food and drink ; cater to: try to satisfy

　　catharsis

　　purging or cleansing of any passage of the body; purging and weakening of strong emotions as a result of experiencing a dramatic work of art

　　cathartic

　　purgative; medicine that causes the bowels to empty; ADJ.

　　catholic

　　universal; general; broad; including many different parts; wide-ranging liberal; Ex. catholic opinions/tastes

　　caucus

　　private meeting of a group of people in a political party to select officers or determine policy; CF. the Caucus club of Boston

　　caulk

　　make watertight

　　causal

　　implying a cause-and-effect relationship; N. causality

　　caustic

　　burning; corrosive; able to burn by chemical action; sarcastically biting; intended to hurt; bitter; harmful; OP. harmless

　　cauterize

　　burn with hot iron or caustic substance to stop bleeding and prevent infection