GRE备考：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 to ; surrender formally; N. cession

　　celerity

　　speed; rapidity

　　celestial

　　heavenly

　　celibate

　　abstaining from sexual intercourse; unmarried; N. celibacy

　　cemetery

　　place for burying the dead

　　censor

　　overseer of morals ; 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

　　centrifugal

　　radiating; departing from the center

　　centrifuge

　　machine that separates substances by whirling them

　　centripetal

　　tending toward the center

　　centurion

　　Roman army officer

　　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 separated from grain; Ex. separate the wheat from the chaff

　　chaffing

　　bantering; joking

　　chagrin

　　annoyance and disappointment; vexation

　　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

　　championship

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

　　chancellor

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

　　chant

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

　　chaotic

　　in utter disorder

　　chapel

　　small church

　　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 by incomplete combustion

　　charisma

　　divine gift; great popular charm or appeal; magnetism

　　charlatan

　　quack; pretender to knowledge

　　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 ; 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

　　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

　　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 ; place for choir

　　choleric

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

　　chore

　　daily domestic task ; 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

　　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.

　　circuit

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

　　circuitous

　　roundabout

　　circumlocution

　　indirect or roundabout expression

　　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 continually and loudly; ADJ. clamorous