barron词汇 C |
barron词汇 C
457. cabal
释义: small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests
例句: The cabal was defeated when its scheme was discovered.
458. cache
释义: hiding place
例句: The detectives followed the suspects until he led them to the cache where he had stored his loot.
459. cacophony
释义: discord
例句: Some people seem to enjoy the cacophony of an orchestra that is tuning up.
460. cadaver
释义: corpse
例句: In some states, it is illegal to dissect cadavers.
461. cadaverous
释义: like a corpse; pale
例句: From his cadaverous appearance, we could see how the disease had ravaged him.
462. cadence
释义: rhythmic rise and fall (of words or sounds); beat
例句: Marching down the road, the troops sang out, following the cadence set by the sergeant.
463. cajole
释义: coax; wheedle
例句: I will not be cajoled into granting your wish.
464. calamity
释义: disaster; misery
例句: As news of the calamity spread, offers of relief poured in to the stricken community.
465. caliber
释义: ability; capacity
例句: A man of such caliber should not be assigned such menial tasks.
466. calligraphy
释义: beautiful writing; excellent penmanship
例句: As we examine ancient manuscripts, we became impressed with the calligraphy of the scribes.
467. callous
释义: hardened; unfeeling
例句: He had worked in the hospital for so many years that he was callous to the suffering in the wards.
468. callow
释义: youthful; immature
例句: In that youthful movement, the leaders were only a little less callow than their immature followers.
469. calorific
释义: heat-producing
例句: Coal is much more calorific than green wood.
470. calumny
释义: malicious misrepresentation
例句: He could endure his financial failure, but he could not bear the calumny that his foes heaped upon him.
471. camaraderie
释义: good-fellowship
例句: What he loved best about his job was the sense of camaraderie he and his co-workers shared.
472. cameo
释义: shell or jewel carved in relief
例句: Tourists are advised not to purchase cameos from the street peddlers of Rome who sell poor specimens of the carver's art.
473. canard
释义: unfounded rumor
例句: It is almost impossible to protect oneself from such a base canard.
474. candor
释义: frankness
例句: The candor and simplicity of his speech impressed all, it was all clear he held nothing back.
475. canine
释义: related to dogs; doglike
例句: Some days the canine population of Berkeley seems almost to outnumber the human population.
476. canker
释义: any ulcerous sore; any evil
例句: Poverty is a canker in the body politic; it must be cured.
477. canny
释义: shrewd; thrifty
例句: The canny Scotsman was more than a match for the swindlers.
478. cant
释义: pious phraseology; jargon of criminals
例句: Angry that the president had slashed the education budget, we dismissed his speech on the importance of education as mere cant.
479. cantankerous
释义: ill-humored; irritable
例句: Constantly complaining about his treatment and refusing to cooperate with the hospital staff, he was a cantankerous patient.
480. cantata
释义: story set to music, to be sung by a chorus
例句: The choral society sang the new cantata composed by its leader.
481. canter
释义: slow gallop
例句: Because the racehorse had outdistanced its competition so easily, the reporter wrote that the race was won in a canter.
482. canto
释义: division of a long poem
例句: Dante's poetic masterpiece The Divine Comedy is divided into cantos.
483. canvass
释义: determine or seek opinions, votes, etc.
例句: After canvassing the sentiments of his constituents, the congressman was confident that he represented the majority opinion of his district.
484. capacious
释义: spacious
例句: In the capacious areas of the railroad terminal, thousands of travelers lingered while waiting for their train.
485. capillary
释义: having a very fine bore
例句: The changes in surface tension of liquids in capillary vessels is of special interest to physicists.
486. capitulate
释义: surrender
例句: The enemy was warned to capitulate or face annihilation.
487. caprice
释义: whim
例句: She was an unpredictable creature, acting on caprice, never taking thought of the consequences.
488. capricious
释义: fickle; incalculable
例句: The storm was capricious and changed course constantly.
489. caption
释义: title; chapter heading; text under illustration
例句: I find the captions that accompany these cartoons very clever and humorous.
490. captious
释义: faultfinding
例句: His criticisms were always captious and frivolous, never offering constructive suggestions.
491. carafe
释义: glass water bottle
例句: With each dinner, the patron receives a carafe of red or white wine.
492. carapace
释义: shell covering the back (of a turtle, crab, etc)
例句: At the children's zoo, Richard perched on top of the giant turtle's hard carapace as it slowly made its way around the enclosure.
493. carat
释义: unit of weight for precious stones; measure of fineness of gold
例句: He gave her a diamond that weighed three carats and was mounted in an eighteen-carat gold band.
494. carcinogenic
释义: causing cancer
例句: Many supposedly harmless substances have been revealed to be carcinogenic.
495. cardinal
释义: chief
例句: If you want to increase your word power, the cardinal rule of vocabulary-building is to read.
496. careen
释义: lurch; sway from side to side
例句: The taxicab careened wildly as it rounded the corner.
497. caricature
释义: distortion; burlesque
例句: The caricatures he drew always emphasized personal weaknesses of the people he burlesqued.
498. carillon
释义: set of bells capable of being played
例句: The carillon in the bell tower of the Coca-Cola pavilion at the New York World's Fair provided musical entertainment every hour.
499. carnage
释义: destruction of life
例句: The carnage that can be caused by atomic warfare adds to the responsibilities of our statesmen.
500. carnal
释义: fleshly
例句: The public was more interested in carnal pleasures than in spiritual matters.
501. carnivorous
释义: meat-eating
例句: The lion is a carnivorous animal.
502. carousal
释义: drunken revel
例句: The party degenerated into an ugly carousal.
503. carping
释义: petty criticism; fault-finding
例句: Welcoming constructive criticism, Lexy appreciated her editor's comments, finding them free of carping.
504. carrion
释义: rotting flesh of a dead body
例句: Buzzards are nature's scavengers; they eat the carrion left behind by other predators.
505. cartographer
释义: map-maker
例句: Though not a professional cartographer, Tolkien was able to construct a map of the fictional world.
506. cascade
释义: small waterfall
例句: We could not appreciate the beauty of the many cascades as we made detours around each of them to avoid getting wet.
507. caste
释义: one of the hereditary classes in Hindu society, social stratification; prestige
例句: The differences created by caste in India must be wiped out if true democracy is to prevail in that country.
508. castigation
释义: punishment; severe criticism
例句: Sensitive even to mild criticism, Woolf could not bear castigation that she found in certain reviews.
509. casualty
释义: serious or fatal accident
例句: The number of automotive casualties on this holiday weekend was high.
510. cataclysm
释义: deluge; upheaval
例句: A cataclysm such as the French Revolution affects all countries.
511. catalyst
释义: agent that brings about a chemical change while it remains unaffected and unchanged
例句: Many chemical reactions cannot take place without the presence of a catalyst.
512. catapult
释义: slingshot; hurling machine
例句: Airplanes are sometimes launched from battleships by catapults.
513. cataract
释义: great waterfall; eye abnormality
例句: She gazed with awe at the mighty cataract known as Niagara Falls.
514. catastrophe
释义: calamity
例句: The Johnstown flood was a catastrophe.
515. catechism
释义: book for religious instruction; instruction by question and answer
例句: He taught by engaging his pupils in a catechism until they gave him the correct answer.
516. categorical
释义: without exceptions; unqualified; absolute
例句: Though the captain claimed he was never, never sick at sea, he finally qualified his categorical denial; he was hardly ever sick at sea.
517. catharsis
释义: purging or cleansing of any passage of the body
例句: Aristotle maintained that tragedy created a catharsis by purging the soul of base concepts.
518. cathartic
释义: purgative
例句: Some drugs act as laxatives when taken in small doses but act as cathartics when taken in much larger doses.
519. catholic
释义: universal; wide-ranging liberal
例句: He was extremely catholic in his taste and read everything he could find in the library.
520. caucus
释义: private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy
例句: At the opening of Congress the members of the Democratic Party held a caucus to elect the majority leader of the House and the party whip.
521. caulk
释义: to make watertight (by plugging seams)
例句: When water from the shower leaked into the basement, we knew it was time to caulk the tiles at the edges of the shower stall.
522. causal
释义: implying a cause-and-effect relationship
例句: The psychologist maintained there was a causal relationship between the nature of one's early childhood experiences and one's adult personality.
523. caustic
释义: burning; sarcastically biting
例句: The critic's caustic remarks angered the hapless actors who were the subjects of his sarcasm.
524. cauterize
释义: burn with hot iron or caustic
例句: In order to prevent infection, the doctor cauterized the wound.
525. cavalcade
释义: procession; parade
例句: As described by Chaucer, the cavalcade of Canterbury pilgrims was motley group.
526. cavalier
释义: casual and offhand; arrogant
例句: Sensitive about having her ideas taken lightly, Marcia felt insulted by Mark's cavalier dismissal of her suggestion.
527. cavil
释义: make frivolous objections
例句: I respect your sensible criticisms, but I dislike the way you cavil about unimportant details.
528. cede
释义: transfer; yield title to
例句: I intend to cede this property to the city.
529. celerity
释义: speed; rapidity
例句: Hamlet resented his mother's celerity in remarrying within a month after his father's death.
530. celestial
释义: heavenly
例句: She spoke of the celestial joys that awaited virtuous souls in the hereafter.
531. celibate
释义: abstaining from sexual intercourse; unmarried
例句: Though the late Havelock Ellis wrote extensively about sexual customs and was considered an expert in such matters, recent studies maintain he was celibate throughout his life.
532. censor
释义: overseer of morals; person who eliminates inappropriate matter
例句: Soldiers dislike having their mail read by a censor but understand the need for this precaution.
533. censorious
释义: critical
例句: censorious people delight in casting blame.
534. censure
释义: blame; criticize
例句: He was censured for his inappropriate behavior.
535. centaur
释义: mythical figure, half man and half horse
例句: I was particularly impressed by the statue of the centaur in the Roman Hall of the museum.
536. centigrade
释义: denoting a widely used temperature scale (basically same as Celsius)
例句: On the centigrade thermometer, the freezing point of water is zero degrees.
537. centrifugal
释义: radiating; departing from the center
例句: Many automatic drying machines remove excess moisture from clothing by centrifugal force.
538. centrifuge
释义: machine that separates substances by whirling them
例句: At the dairy, we employ a centrifuge to separate cream from milk.
539. centripetal
释义: tending toward the center
例句: Does centripetal force or the force of gravity bring orbiting bodies to the earth's surface?
540. centurion
释义: Roman army officer
例句: Because he was in command of a company of one hundred soldiers, he was called a centurion.
541. cerebral
释义: pertaining to the brain or intellect
例句: The content of philosophical works is cerebral in nature and requires much thought.
542. cerebration
释义: thought
例句: Mathematics problems sometimes require much cerebration.
543. ceremonious
释义: marked by formality
例句: Ordinary dress would be in appropriate at so ceremonious an affair.
544. cessation
释义: stopping
例句: The workers threatened a cessation of all activities if their demands were not met.
545. cession
释义: yielding to another; ceding
例句: The cession of Alaska to the United States is discussed in this chapter.
546. chafe
释义: warm by rubbing
例句: The collar chafed his neck.
547. chaff
释义: worthless products of an endeavor
例句: When you separate the wheat from the chaff, be sure you throw out the chaff.
548. chaffing
释义: bantering; joking
例句: Sometimes his flippant and chaffing remarks annoy us.
549. chagrin
释义: vexation; disappointment
例句: Her refusal to go with us filled us with chagrin.
550. chalice
释义: goblet; consecrated cup
例句: In a small room adjoining the cathedral, many ornately decorated chalices made by the most famous European goldsmiths were on display.
551. chameleon
释义: lizard that changes color in different situations
例句: Like the chameleon, he assumed the political coloration of every group he met.
552. champion
释义: support militantly
例句: Martin Luther King, Jr., won the Nobel Peace Prize because he championed the oppressed in their struggle for equality.
553. chaotic
释义: in utter disorder
例句: He tried to bring order into the chaotic state of affairs.
554. charisma
释义: divine gift; great popular charm or appeal
例句: Political commentators have deplored the importance of a candidate's charisma in these days of television campaigning.
555. charlatan
释义: quack; pretender to knowledge
例句: When they realized that the Wizard didn't know how to get them back to Kansas, Dorothy and her friends were sure they'd been duped by a charlatan.
556. chary
释义: cautious; sparing or restrained about giving
例句: A prudent, thrifty New Englander, DeWitt was as chary of investing money in junk bonds as he was chary of paying people unnecessary compliments.
557. chase
释义: ornament a metal surface by indenting
例句: With his hammer, he carefully chased an intricate design onto the surface of the chalice.
558. chasm
释义: abyss
例句: They could not see the bottom of the chasm.
559. chassis
释义: framework and working parts of an automobile
例句: Examining the car after the accident, the owner discovered that the body had been ruined but that the chassis was unharmed.
560. chaste
释义: pure
例句: Her chaste and decorous garb was appropriately selected for the solemnity of the occasion.
561. chasten
释义: discipline; punish in order to correct
例句: Whom God loves, God chastens.
562. chastise
释义: punish
例句: I must chastise you for this offense.
563. chauvinist
释义: blindly devoted patriot
例句: A chauvinist cannot recognize any faults in his country, no matter how flagrant they may be.
564. check
释义: stop motion; curb or restrain
例句: Thrusting out her arm, Grandma checked Bobby's lunge at his sister. "Young man," she said, "you'd better check your temper."
565. checkered
释义: marked by changes in fortune
例句: During his checkered career he had lived in palatial mansions and in dreary boardinghouses.
566. cherubic
释义: angelic; innocent-looking
例句: With her cheerful smile and rosy cheeks, she was a particularly cherubic child.
567. chicanery
释义: trickery
例句: Your deceitful tactics in this case are indications of chicanery.
568. chide
释义: scold
例句: Grandma began to chide Steven for his lying.
569. chimerical
释义: fantastic; highly imaginative
例句: Poe's chimerical stories are sometimes too morbid for reading in bed.
570. chivalrous
释义: courteous; faithful; brave
例句: chivalrous behavior involves noble words and good deeds.
571. choleric
释义: hot-tempered
例句: His flushed, angry face indicated a choleric nature.
572. choreography
释义: art of dancing
例句: Martha Graham introduced a form of choreography that seemed awkward and alien to those who had been brought up on classic ballet.
573. chronic
释义: long established, as a disease
例句: The doctors were finally able to attribute his chronic headaches and nausea to traces of formaldehyde gas in his apartment.
574. chronicle
释义: report; record (in chronological order)
例句: The gossip columnist was paid to chronicle the latest escapades of the socially prominent celebrities.
575. churlish
释义: boorish; rude
例句: Dismayed by his churlish manners at the party, the girls vowed never to invite him again.
576. ciliated
释义: having minute hairs
例句: The paramecium is a ciliated, one-celled animal.
577. cipher
释义: nonentity; worthless person or thing
例句: She claimed her ex-husband was a total cipher and wondered why she had ever married him.
578. cipher
释义: secret code
例句: Lacking his code book, the spy was unable to decode the message sent to him in cipher.
579. circlet
释义: small ring; band
例句: This tiny circlet is very costly because it is set with precious stones.
580. circuitous
释义: roundabout
例句: Because of the traffic congestion on the main highways, she took a circuitous route.
581. circumlocution
释义: indirect or roundabout expression
例句: He was afraid to call spade a spade and resorted to circumlocutions to avoid direct reference to his subject.
582. circumscribe
释义: limit; confine
例句: Although I do not wish to circumscribe your activities, I must insist that you complete this assignment before you start anything else.
583. circumspect
释义: prudent; cautious
例句: Investigating before acting, she tried always to be circumspect.
584. circumvent
释义: outwit; baffle
例句: In order to circumvent the enemy, we will make two preliminary attacks in other sections before starting our major campaign.
585. citadel
释义: fortress
例句: The citadel overlooked the city like a protecting angel.
586. cite
释义: quote; commend
例句: She could cite passages in the Bible from memory.
587. civil
释义: having to do with citizens or the state; courteous and polite
例句: Although internal Revenue Service agents are civil servants, they are not always civil to suspected tax evaders.
588. clairvoyant
释义: having foresight; fortuneteller
例句: Cassandra's clairvoyant warning was not heeded by the Trojans.
589. clamber
释义: climb by crawling
例句: She clambered over the wall.
590. clamor
释义: noise
例句: The clamor of the children at play outside made it impossible for her to take a nap.
591. clandestine
释义: secret
例句: After avoiding their chaperon, the lovers had a clandestine meeting.
592. clangor
释义: loud, resounding noise
例句: The blacksmith was accustomed to the clangor of hammers on steel.
593. clapper
释义: striker (tongue) of a bell
例句: Wishing to be undisturbed by the bell, Dale wound his scarf around the clapper to muffle its striking.
594. clarion
释义: shrill, trumpetlike sound
例句: We woke to the clarion to muffle its striking.
595. claustrophobia
释义: fear of being locked in
例句: His fellow classmates laughed at his claustrophobia and often threatened to lock him in his room.
596. clavicle
释义: collarbone
例句: Even though he wore shoulder pads, the football player broke his clavicle during a practice scrimmage.
597. cleave
释义: split asunder
例句: The lightening cleaves the tree in two.
598. cleft
释义: split
例句: Erosion caused a cleft in the huge boulder.
599. clemency
释义: disposition ot be lenient; mildness, as of the weather
例句: The lawyer was pleased when the case was sent to Judge Smith's chambers because Smith was noted for her clemency toward first offenders.
600. cliche
释义: phrase culled in meaning by repetition
例句: High school compositions are often marred by such cliches as "strong as an ox."
601. clientele
释义: body of customers
例句: The rock club attracted a young, stylish clientele.
602. climactic
释义: relating to the highest point
例句: When he reached the climactic portions of the book, he could not stop reading.
603. clime
释义: region; climate
例句: His doctors advised him to move to a milder clime.
604. clique
释义: small, exclusive group
例句: She charged that a clique had assumed control of school affairs.
605. cloister
释义: monastery or convent
例句: The nuns lived in the cloister.
606. clout
释义: great influence (especially political or social)
例句: Gatsby wondered whether he had enough clout to be admitted to the exclusive club.
607. cloying
释义: distasteful (because excessive); excessively sweet or sentimental
例句: Disliking the cloying sweetness of standard wedding cakes, Jody and Tom chose a homemade carrot cake for their reception.
608. coagulate
释义: thicken; congeal; clot
例句: Even after you remove the pudding from the burner, it will continue to coagulate as it stands.
609. coalesce
释义: combine; fuse
例句: The brooks coalesce into one large river.
610. coda
释义: concluding section of a musical or literary composition
例句: The piece concluded with a distinctive coda that strikingly brought together various motifs.
611. coddle
释义: treat gently; pamper
例句: Don't coddle the children to much; they need a taste of discipline.
612. codicil
释义: supplement to the body of a will
例句: This codicil was drawn up five years after the writing of the original will.
613. codify
释义: arrange (laws, rules) as a code; classify
例句: We need to take the varying rules and regulations of the different health agencies and codify them into a national health code.
614. coercion
释义: use of force
例句: They forced him to obey, but only by great coercion.
615. coeval
释义: living at the same time as; contemporary
例句: coeval with the dinosaur, the pterodactyl flourished during the Mesozoic era.
616. cog
释义: tooth projecting from a wheel
例句: A bicycle chain moves through a series of cogs in order to propel the bike.
617. cogent
释义: convincing
例句: She presented cogent arguments to the jury.
618. cogitate
释义: think over
例句: cogitate on this problem; the solution will come.
619. cognate
释义: related linguistically; allied by blood; similar or akin in nature
例句: The English word "mother" cognate to the Latin word "mater," whose influence is visible in the words "maternal" and "maternity."
620. cognitive
释义: having to do with knowing or perceiving related to the mental precesses
例句: Though Jack was emotionally immature, his cognitive development was admirable; he was very advanced intellectually.
621. cognizance
释义: knowledge
例句: During the election campaign, the two candidates were kept in full cognizance of the international situation.
622. cohere
释义: stick together
例句: Solids have a greater tendency to cohere than liquids.
623. cohesion
释义: tendency to keep together
例句: A firm believer in the maxim "Divide and conquer," the emperor, by lies and trickery, sought to disrupt the cohesion ofthe free nations.
624. cohorts
释义: armed band
例句: Caesar and his Roman cohorts conquered almost all of the known world.
625. coiffure
释义: hairstyle
例句: You can make a statement with your choice of coiffure: in the 60's many African-Americans affirmed their racial heritage by wearing their hair in Afros.
626. coincident
释义: occurring at the same time
例句: Some people find the coincident events in Hardy's novels annoyingly improbable.
627. colander
释义: utensil with perforated bottom used for straining
例句: Before serving the spaghetti, place it in a colander to drain it.
628. collaborate
释义: work together
例句: Two writers collaborated in preparing this book.
629. collage
释义: work of art put together from fragments
例句: Scraps of cloth, paper doilies, and old photographs all went into her collage.
630. collate
释义: examine in order to verify authenticity; arrange in order
例句: They collated the newly found manuscripts to determine their age.
631. collateral
释义: security given for loan
例句: The sum you wish to borrow is so large that it must be secured by collateral.
632. collation
释义: a light meal
例句: Tea sandwiches and cookies were offered at the collation.
633. colloquial
释义: pertaining to conversational or common speech
例句: Your use of colloquial expressions in a formal essay such as the one you have presented spoils the effect you hope to achieve.
634. colloquy
释义: informal discussion
例句: I enjoy our colloquies but I sometimes wish that they could be made more formal and more searching.
635. collusion
释义: conspiring in a fraudulent scheme
例句: The swindlers were found guilty of collusion.
636. colossal
释义: huge
例句: Radio City Music Hall has a colossal stage.
637. colossus
释义: gigantic statue
例句: The legendary Colossus of Rhodes, bronze statue of the sun god that dominated the harbor of the Greek seaport, was one of the Seven Wonders of the World.
638. comatose
释义: in a coma; extremely sleepy
例句: The long-winded orator soon had his audience in a comatose state.
639. combustible
释义: easily burned
例句: After the recent outbreak of fires in private homes, the fire commissioner ordered that all combustible materials be kept in safe containers.
640. comely
释义: attractive; agreeable
例句: I would rather have a poor and comely wife than a rich and homely one.
641. comestible
释义: something fit to be eaten
例句: The roast turkey and other comestibles, the wines, and the excellent service made this Thanksgiving dinner particularly memorable.
642. comeuppance
释义: rebuke; deserts
例句: After his earlier rudeness, we were delighted to see him get his comeuppance.
643. comity
释义: courtesy; civility
例句: A spirit of comity should exist among nations.
644. commandeer
释义: to draft for military purposes; to take for public use
例句: The policeman commandeered the first car that approached and ordered the driver to go to the nearest hospital.
645. commemorative
释义: remembering; honoring
例句: The new commemorative stamp honors the late Martin Luther King, Jr.
646. commensurate
释义: equal in extent
例句: Your reward will be commensurate with your effort.
647. commiserate
释义: feel or express pity or sympathy for
例句: Her friends commiserated with the widow.
648. commodious
释义: spacious and comfortable
例句: After sleeping in a small roadside cabins, they found their hotel suite commodious.
649. communal
释义: held in common; of a group of people
例句: When they were divorced, they had trouble dividing their communal property.
650. compact
释义: agreement; contract
例句: The signers of the Mayflower Compact were establishing a form of government.
651. compact
释义: tightly packed; firm; brief
例句: His short, compact body was better suited to wrestling than to basketball.
652. compatible
释义: harmonious; in harmony with
例句: They were compatible neighbors, never quarreling over unimportant matters.
653. compelling
释义: overpowering; irresistible in effect
例句: The prosecutor presented a well-reasoned case, but the defense attorney's compelling arguments for leniency won over the jury.
654. compendium
释义: brief, comprehensive summary
例句: This text can serve as a compendium of the tremendous amount of new material being developed in this field.
655. compensatory
释义: making up for; repaying
例句: Can a compensatory education program make up for the inadequate schooling he received in earlier years?
656. compilation
释义: listing of statistical information in tabular or book form
例句: The compilation of available scholarships serves a very valuable purpose.
657. complacent
释义: self-satisfied
例句: There was a complacent look on his face as he examined his paintings.
658. complaisant
释义: trying to please; obliging
例句: The courtier obeyed the king's orders in a complaisant manner.
659. complement
释义: complete; consummate; make perfect
例句: The waiter recommended a glass of port to complement the cheese.
660. compliance
释义: conformity in fulfilling requirements; readiness to yield
例句: The design for the new school had to be in compliance with the local building code.
661. compliant
释义: yielding
例句: He was compliant and ready to go along with his friends' desires.
662. complicity
释义: participation; involvement
例句: You cannot keep your complicity in this affair secret very long; you would be wise to admit your involvement immediately.
663. component
释义: element; ingredient
例句: I wish all the components of my stereo system were working at the same time.
664. comport
释义: bear one's self; behave
例句: He comported himself with great dignity.
665. composure
释义: mental calmness
例句: Even the latest work crisis failed to shake her composure.
666. compound
释义: combine; constitute; pay interest; increase
例句: The makers of the popular cold remedy compounded a nasal decongestant with an antihistamine.
667. comprehensive
释义: thorough; inclusive
例句: This book provides a comprehensive review of verbal and math skills for the SAT.
668. compress
释义: close; squeeze; contract
例句: She compressed the package under her arm.
669. comprise
释义: include; consist of
例句: If the District of Columbia were to be granted a statehood, the United States of America would comprise fifty-onestates, not just fifty.
670. compromise
释义: adjust; endanger the interests or reputation of
例句: Your presence at the scene of the dispute compromises our claim to neutrality in this matter.
671. compunction
释义: remorse
例句: The judge was especially severe in this sentencing because he felt that the criminal had shown no compunction for his heinous crime.
672. compute
释义: reckon; calculate
例句: He failed to compute the interest, so his bank balance was not accurate.
673. concatenate
释义: link as in a chain
例句: It is difficult to understand how these events could concatenate as they did without outside assistance.
674. concave
释义: hollow
例句: The back-packers found partial shelter from the storm by huddling against the concave wall of the cliff.
675. concede
释义: admit; hield
例句: Despite all the evidence Monica had assembled, Mark refused to concede that she was right.
676. conceit
释义: whimsical idea; extravagant metaphor
例句: He was an entertaining companion, always expressing himself in amusing conceits and witty turns of phrase.
677. concentric
释义: having a common center
例句: The target was made of concentric circles.
678. conception
释义: beginning; forming of a idea
例句: At the first conception of the work, he was consulted.
679. concerted
释义: mutually agreed on; done together
例句: The girl scouts in the troop made a concerted effort to raise funds for their annual outing, and emitted a concerted sigh when their leader announced that they had reached their goal.
680. concession
释义: an act of yielding
例句: Before they could reach an agreement, both sides had to make certain concessions.
681. conciliatory
释义: reconciling; soothing
例句: She was still angry despite his conciliatory words.
682. concise
释义: brief and compact
例句: When you define a new word, be concise; the shorter the definition, the easier it is to remember.
683. conclave
释义: private meeting
例句: He was present at all their conclaves as an unofficial observer.
684. conclusive
释义: decisive; ending all debate
例句: When the stolen books turned up in John's locker, we finally had conclusive evidence of the identity of the mysterious thief.
685. concoct
释义: prepare by combining; make up in concert
例句: How did the inventive chef ever concoct such strange dish?
686. concomitant
释义: that which accompanies
例句: Culture is not always a concomitant of wealth.
687. concord
释义: harmony
例句: Watching Tweediedum and Tweedledee battle, Alice wondered why the two brothers could not manage to life in concord.
688. concur
释义: agree
例句: Did you concur with the decision of the court or did you find it unfair?
689. concurrent
释义: happening at the same time
例句: In America, the colonists were resisting the demands of the mother contry; at the concurrent moment in France, the middle class was sowing the seeds of rebellion.
690. condescend
释义: bestow courtesies with a superior air
例句: The king condescended to grant an audience to the friends of the condemned man.
691. condign
释义: adequate; deservedly severe
例句: The public approved the condign punishment for the crime.
692. condiments
释义: seasonings; spices
例句: Spanish food is full of condiments.
693. condole
释义: express sympathetic sorrow
例句: His friends gathered to condole with him over his loss.
694. condone
释义: overlook; forgive; give tacit approval; excuse
例句: Unlike Widow Douglass, who condoned Huck's minor offenses, Miss Watson did nothing but scold.
695. conducive
释义: helpful; contributive
例句: Rest and proper diet are conducive to good health.
696. conduit
释义: aqueduct; passageway for fluids
例句: Water was brought to the army in the desert by an improvised conduit from the adjoining mountain.
697. confidant
释义: trusted friend
例句: He had no confidants with whom he could discuss his problems at home.
698. confiscate
释义: seize; commandeer
例句: The army confiscated all available supplies of uranium.
699. conflagration
释义: great fire
例句: In the conflagration that followed the 1906 earthquake, much of San Francisco was destroyed.
700. confluence
释义: flowing together; crowd
例句: They built the city at the confluence of two rivers.
701. conformity
释义: harmony; agreement
例句: In conformity with our rules and regulations, I am calling a meeting of our organization.
702. confound
释义: confuse; puzzle
例句: No mystery could confound Sherlock Holmes for long.
703. congeal
释义: freeze; coagulate
例句: His blood congealed in his veins as he saw the dread monster rush toward him.
704. congenial
释义: pleasant; friendly
例句: My father loved to go out for a meal with congenial companions.
705. congenital
释义: existing at birth
例句: His congenital deformity disturbed his parents.
706. conglomeration
释义: mass of material sticking together
例句: In such a conglomeration of miscellaneous statistics, it was impossible to find a single area of analysis.
707. congruence
释义: correspondence of parts; harmonious relationship
例句: The student demonstrated the congruence of the two triangles by using the hypotenuse-arm theorem.
708. conifer
释义: pine tree; cone-bearing tree
例句: According to geologists, the conifers were the first plants to bear flowers.
709. conjecture
释义: surmise; guess
例句: I will end all your conjectures; I admit I am guilty as charged.
710. conjugal
释义: pertaining to marriage
例句: Their dreams of conjugal bliss were shattered as soon as their temperaments clashed.
711. conjure
释义: summon a devil; proactive magic; imagine; invent
例句: He conjured up an image of a reformed city and had the voters completely under his spell.
712. connivance
释义: pretense of ignorance of something wrong; assistance; permission to offend
例句: With the connivance of his friends, he plotted to embarrass the teacher.
713. connoisseur
释义: person competent to act as judge of art, ect.; a lover of an art
例句: She had developed into a connoisseur of fine china.
714. connotation
释义: suggested or implied meaning of an expression
例句: Foreigners frequently are unaware of the connotations of the words they use.
715. connubial
释义: pertaining to maffige or the matrimonial state
例句: In his telegram, he wished the newlyweds a lifetime of connubial bliss.
716. consanguinity
释义: kinship
例句: The lawsuit developed into a test of the consanguinity of the claimant to the estate.
717. conscientious
释义: scrupulous; careful
例句: A conscientious editor checked every definition for its accuracy.
718. conscript
释义: draftee; person forced into military service
例句: Did Rambo volunteer to fight in Vietnam, or was he a conscript, drafted against his will?
719. consecrate
释义: dedicate; sanctify
例句: We shall consecrate our lives to this noble purpose.
720. consensus
释义: general agreement
例句: The consensus indicates that we are opposed to entering into this pact.
721. consequential
释义: pompous; self-important
例句: Convinced of his own importance, the actor strutted about the dressing room with a consequential air.
722. conservatory
释义: school of the fine arts (especiallymusic or drama)
例句: A gifted violinist, Marya was selected to study at the conservatory.
723. consign
释义: deliver officially; entrust; set apart
例句: The court consigned the child to her paternal grandmother's care.
724. consistency
释义: absence of contradictions; dependability; uniformity; degree of thickness
例句: Holmes judged puddings and explanations on their consistency; he liked his puddings without lumps and his explanations without improbabilities.
725. console
释义: lessen sadness or disappointment; give comfort
例句: When her father died, Marius did his best to console Cosette.
726. consonance
释义: harmony; agreement
例句: Her agitation seemed out of consonance with her usual calm.
727. consort
释义: associate with
例句: We frequently judge people by the company with whom they consort.
728. consort
释义: husband or wife
例句: The search for a consort for the young Queen Victoria ended happily.
729. conspiracy
释义: treacherous plot
例句: Brutus and Cassius joined in the conspiracy to kill Julius Caesar.
730. constituent
释义: supporter
例句: The congressman received hundreds of letters from angry constituents after the Equal Rights Amendment failed to pass.
731. constraint
释义: compulsion; repression of feelings
例句: There was a feeling of constraint in the room because no one dared to criticize the speaker.
732. construe
释义: explain; interpret
例句: If I construe your remarks correctly, you disagree with the theory already advanced.
733. consummate
释义: complete
例句: I have never seem anyone who makes as many stupid errors as you do; you must be a consummate idiot.
734. contagion
释义: infection
例句: Fearing contagion, they took drastic steps to prevent the spread of the disease.
735. contaminate
释义: pollute
例句: The sewage system of the city so contaminated the water that swimming was forbidden.
736. contempt
释义: scorn; disdain
例句: Even if you feel superior to others, it is unwise to show your contempt for them.
737. contend
释义: struggle; compete; assert earnestly
例句: In Revolt of the Black Athlete, sociologist Harry Edwards contends that young black athletes have been exploited by some college recruiters.
738. contentious
释义: quarrelsome
例句: We heard loud and contentious noises in the next room.
739. contest
释义: dispute
例句: The defeated candidate attempted to contest the election results.
740. context
释义: writings preceding and following the passage quoted
例句: Because these lines are taken out of context, they do not convey the message the author intended.
741. contiguous
释义: adjacent to; touching upon
例句: The two countries are contiguous for a few miles; then they are separated by the gulf.
742. continence
释义: self-restraint; sexual chastity
例句: She vowed to lead a life of continence.
743. contingent
释义: conditional
例句: The continuation of this contract is contingent on the quality of your first output.
744. contortions
释义: twistings; distortions
例句: As the effects of the opiate wore away, the contortions of the patient became more violent and demonstrated how much pain she was enduring.
745. contraband
释义: illegal trade; smuggling; smuggled goods
例句: The coast guard tries to prevent contraband in U.S. waters.
746. contravene
释义: contradict; oppose: infringe on or transgress
例句: Mr. Barrett did not expect his frail daughter Elizabeth to contravene his will by eloping with Robert Browning.
747. contrite
释义: penitent
例句: Her contrite tears did not influence the judge when he imposed sentence.
748. contrived
释义: forced; artificial; not spontaneous
例句: Feeling ill at ease with his new in-laws; James made a few contrived attempts at conversation and then retreated into silence.
749. controvert
释义: oppose with arguments; contradict
例句: To controvert your theory will require much time but it is essential that we disprove it.
750. contumacious
释义: disobedient; resisting authority
例句: The contumacious mob shouted defiantly at the police.
751. contusion
释义: bruise
例句: She was treated for contusions and abrasions.
752. conundrum
释义: riddle; difficult problem
例句: During the long car ride, she invented conundrums to entertain the children.
753. convene
释义: assemble
例句: Because much is needed legislation had to be enacted, the governor ordered the legislature to convene in special session by January 15.
754. convention
释义: social or moral custom; established practice
例句: Flying in the face of convention, George Sand (Amandine Dudevant) shocked her contemporaries by taking lovers and wearing men's clothes.
755. conventional
释义: ordinary; typical
例句: His conventional upbringing left him wholly unprepared for his wife's eccentric family.
756. converge
释义: come together
例句: Marchers converged on Washington for the great Save Our Cities-Save Our Children March.
757. conversant
释义: familiar with
例句: The lawyer is conversant with all the evidence.
758. converse
释义: opposite
例句: The inevitable converse of peace is not war but annihilation.
759. convert
释义: one who has adopted a different religion or opinion
例句: On his trip to Japan, though the President spoke at length about the merits of American automobiles, he made few converts to his beliefs.
760. convex
释义: curving outward
例句: He polished the convex lens of his telescope.
761. conveyance
释义: vehicle; transfer
例句: During the transit strike, commuters used various kinds of conveyances.
762. conviction
释义: strongly held belief
例句: Nothing could shake his conviction that she was innocent.
763. convivial
释义: festive; gay; characterized by joviality
例句: The convivial celebrators of the victory sang their college songs.
764. convoke
释义: call together
例句: Congress was convoked at the outbreak of the emergency.
765. convoluted
释义: coiled around; involved; intricate
例句: His argument was so convoluted that few of us could follow a it intelligently.
766. copious
释义: plentiful
例句: She had copious reasons for rejecting the proposal.
767. coquette
释义: flirt
例句: Because she refused to give him an answer to his proposal of marriage, he called her a coquette.
768. cordial
释义: gracious; heartfelt
例句: Our hosts greeted us at the airport with a cordial welcome and a hearty hug.
769. cordon
释义: extended line of men or fortifications to prevent access or egress
例句: The police cordon was so tight that the criminals could not leave the area.
770. cornice
释义: projecting molding on building (usually above columns)
例句: Because the stones forming the cornice had been loosened by the storms, the police closed the building until repairs could be made.
771. cornucopia
释义: horn overflowing wiht fruit and grain; symbol of abundance
例句: The encyclopedia salesman claimed the new edition was a veritable cornucopia of information, an inexhaustible source of knowledge for the entire family.
772. corollary
释义: consequence; accompaniment
例句: Brotherly love is a complex emotion, with a sibling rivalry its natural corollary.
773. corporeal
释义: bodily; material
例句: He was not a churchgoer; he was interested only in corporeal matters.
774. corpulent
释义: very fat
例句: The corpulent man resolved to reduce.
775. correlation
释义: mutual relationship
例句: He sought to determine the correlation that existed between ability in algebra and ability to interpret reading exercises.
776. corroborate
释义: confirm
例句: Unless we find a witness to corroborate your evidence, it will not stand up in court.
777. corrosive
释义: eating away by chemicals or disease
例句: Stainless steel is able to withstand the effects of corrosive chemicals.
778. corrugated
释义: wrinkled; ridged
例句: She wished she could smooth away the wrinkles from his corrugated brow.
779. cosmic
释义: pertaining to the universe; vast
例句: cosmic rays derive their name from the fact that they bombard the earth's atmosphere from outer space.
780. coterie
释义: group that meets socially; select circle
例句: After his book had been published, he was invited to join the literary coteri that lunched daily at the hotel.
781. countenance
释义: approve; tolerate
例句: He refused to countenance such rude behavior on their part.
782. countenance
释义: face
例句: Whe Jose saw his newborn daughter, a proud smile spread across his countenance.
783. countermand
释义: cancel; revoke
例句: The general countermand the orders issued in his absence.
784. counterpart
释义: a thing that completes another; things very much alike
例句: Night and day are counterparts.
785. coup
释义: highly successful action or sudden attack
例句: As the news of his coup spread throughout Wall Street, his fellow brokers dropped by to congratulate him.
786. couple
释义: join; unite
例句: The Flying Karamazovs couple expert juggling and amateur joking in their nightclub act.
787. courier
释义: messenger
例句: The publisher sent a special courier to pick up the manuscript.
788. covenant
释义: agreement
例句: We must comply with the terms of the covenant.
789. covert
释义: secret; hidden; implied
例句: She could understand the covert threat in the letter.
790. covetous
释义: avaricious; eagerly desirous of
例句: The child was covetous by nature and wanted to take the toys belonging to his classmates.
791. cow
释义: terrorize; intimidate
例句: The little boy was so cowed by the hulking bully that he gave up his lunch money without a word of protest.
792. cower
释义: shrink quivering, as from fear
例句: The frightened child cowered in the corner of the room.
793. coy
释义: shy; modest; coquettish
例句: She was coy in her answers to his offer.
794. cozen
释义: cheat; hoodwink; swindle
例句: He was the kind of individual who would cozen his friends in a cheap card game but remain eminently ethical in all his business dealings.
795. crabbed
释义: sour; peevish
例句: The children avoided the crabbed old man because he scolded them when they made noise.
796. crass
释义: very unrefined; grossly insensible
例句: The philosophers deplored the crass commercialism.
797. craven
释义: cowardly
例句: When he saw the enemy troops advancing, he had a craven impulse to run for his life.
798. credence
释义: belief
例句: Do not place any credence in his promises.
799. credo
释义: creed
例句: I believe we may best describe his credo by saying that it approximates the Goldren Rule.
800. credulity
释义: belief on slight evidence
例句: The witch doctor took advantage of the credulity of the superstitious natives.
801. creed
释义: system of religious or ethical belief
例句: In any loyal American's creed, love of democracy must be emphasized.
802. crescendo
释义: increase in the volume or intensity, as in a musical passage; climax
例句: The overture suddenly changed from a quiet pastoral theme to a crescendo featuring blaring trumpets and clashing cymbols.
803. crestfallen
释义: dejected; dispirited
例句: We were surprised at his reaction to the failure of his project; instead of being crestfallen, he was busily engaged in planning new activities.
804. crevice
释义: crack; fissure
例句: The mountain climbers found footholds in the tiny crevices in the mountainside.
805. cringe
释义: shrink back, as if in fear
例句: The dog cringed, expecting a blow.
806. criteria
释义: standards used in judging
例句: What criteria did you use when you selected this essay as the prize winner?
807. crone
释义: hag
例句: The toothless crone frightened us when she smiled.
808. crotchety
释义: eccentric; whimsical
例句: Although he was reputed to be a crochety old gentleman, I found his ideas substantially sound and sensible.
809. crux
释义: crucial point
例句: This is the crux of the entire problem.
810. crypt
释义: secret recess or vault usually used for burial
例句: Until recently only bodies of rulers and leading statesmen were interred in this crypt.
811. cryptic
释义: mysterious; hidden; secret
例句: His cryptic remarks could not be interpreted.
812. cubicle
释义: small chamberused for sleeping
例句: After his many hours of intensive study in the library he retired to his cubicle.
813. cuisine
释义: style of cooking
例句: French cuisine is noted for its use of sauces and wines.
814. culinary
释义: relating to cooking
例句: Many chefs attribute their culinary skill to the wise use of spices.
815. cull
释义: pick out; reject
例句: Every month the farmer culls the nonplaying hens from his flock and sells them to the local butcher.
816. culmination
释义: attainment of highest point
例句: His inauguration as President of the United States marked the culmination of his political career.
817. culpable
释义: deserving blame
例句: Corrupt politicians who condone the activities of the gamblers are equally culpable.
818. culvert
释义: artificial channel for water
例句: If we build a culvert under the road at this point, we will reduce the possibility of the road at this point, we will reduce the possibility of the road's being flooded during the rainy season.
819. cumbersome
释义: heavy; hard to manage
例句: He was burdened down with cumbersome parcels.
820. cumulative
释义: growing by addition
例句: Vocabulary building is a cumulative process: as you go through your flash cards, you will add new words to your vocabulary, one by one.
821. cupidity
释义: greed
例句: The defeated people could not satisfy the cupidity of the conquerors, who demanded excessive tribute.
822. curator
释义: superintendent; manager
例句: The members of the board of trustees of the museum expected the new curator to plan events and exhibitions that would make the museum more popular.
823. curmudgeon
释义: churlish, miserly individual
例句: Although he was regarded by many as a curmudgeon, a few of us were aware of the many kindnesses and acts of charity that he secretly performed.
824. cursive
释义: flowing, running
例句: In normal writing we run our letters together in cursive form; in printing, we separate the letters.
825. cursory
释义: casual; hastily done
例句: A cursory examination of the ruins indicates the possibility of arson; a more extensive study should be undertaken.
826. curtail
释义: shorten; reduce
例句: During the coal shortage, we must curtail our use of this vital commodity.
827. cynical
释义: skeptical or distrustful of human motives
例句: cynical at all times, he was suspicious of all altruistic actions of others.
828. cynosure
释义: object of general attention
例句: As soon as the movie star entered the room, she became the cynosure of all eyes.
829. consternation
释义: anxiety, dismay
例句: Lincoln is famous for saying that the consternations during the civil war had left him decrepit.
830. casual
释义: accidental; not regular or permanent; careless; informal
例句: It can be argued that physical laws can be casual as well as inveterate, since it is based on an induction.
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