gre詞匯精選：新東方GRE閱讀詞匯筆記(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 (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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