gre词汇串讲：GRE常考600单词（3）

candid frank, straight-forward

castigation severe punishment

casual happening by chance, careless

catalyst substance that causes speeding up

census official counting of the population

centurion leader of a unit of 100 soldiers

chary cautious, wary

chastisement punishment

chisel steel tool for shaping materials

churl bad-tempered person

cite give as an example

cleanse make pure, thoroughly clean

clot half-solid lump formed from liquid

cloture closing, device (in Parliament) to end a debate by voting

coalescing coming together and uniting into one substance

coax get smb to do smth by kindness

coddle treat with care and tenderness

coerce compel, to force to make obedient

cogent strong, convincing

cogitate think deeply, mediate

cognition knowing, awareness (emotionless)

colander bowl-shaped vessel with many holes used to drain off water

collusion secret agreement for a deceitful purpose

combustion process of burning

commend praise

commendable worthy of praise

commuter person who travels regularly

complacently with self-satisfaction

complaisance easy-going habit of mind

comply act in accordance

compound mix or combine

conceal hide, keep secret

conceit over-high opinion of, too much pride

conciliatory intending to or likely to, peaceful

concord agreement or harmony

concur agree in opinion, happen together

condense increase in density, strength, make laconic

congeal make or become stiff and solid

connoisseur a person with good judgement (eg. in art)

consent give agreement or permission

consolation consoling or being consoled

console give comfort or sympathy to

consternation surprise and fear,dismay

constrict make tight or smaller

consume get to the end of

contentious quarrelsome

contiguous touching, neighboring, near

contrite filled with deep sorrow for wrongdoing

convoke call together, summon

convoluted complicated; coiled, twisted

cord twisted strands

corporeal physical; of or for the body

correlate have a mutual relation

corroboration additional, strengthening evidence

counterfeit forgery

covetous eagerly desirous

craven cowardly

crease line made by crushing; white line on the ground in criket

credulity too great a readiness to believe things

credulous ready to believe things

crush press, lose shape, subdue, overwhelm

cryptic secret, with a hidden meaning

cumbersome burdensome, heavy and awkward to carry