英语四六级词汇复习：8天攻克8000词汇(十一)

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　　501. carnivorous : meat-eating
        　　* The lion is a carnivorous animal.
        　　504. carrion : rotting flesh of a dead body
        　　* Buzzards are nature's scavengers; they eat the carrion left behind by other predators.
        　　506. cascade : small waterfall
        　　* We could not appreciate the beauty of the many cascades as we made detours around each of them to avoid getting wet.
        　　509. casualty : serious or fatal accident
        　　* The number of automotive casualties on this holiday weekend was high.
        　　510. cataclysm : deluge; upheaval
        　　* A cataclysm such as the French Revolution affects all countries.
        　　511. catalyst : agent that brings about a chemical change while it remains unaffected and unchanged
        　　* Many chemical reactions cannot take place without the presence of a catalyst.
        　　512. catapult : slingshot; hurling machine
        　　* Airplanes are sometimes launched from battleships by catapults.
        　　513. cataract : great waterfall; eye abnormality
        　　* She gazed with awe at the mighty cataract known as Niagara Falls.
        　　514. catastrophe : calamity
        　　* The Johnstown flood was a catastrophe.
        　　524. cauterize : burn with hot iron or caustic
        　　* In order to prevent infection, the doctor cauterized the wound.
       
            
            

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        　　526. cavalier : casual and offhand; arrogant
        　　* Sensitive about having her ideas taken lightly, Marcia felt insulted by Mark's cavalier dismissal of her suggestion.
        　　528. cede : transfer; yield title to
        　　* I intend to cede this property to the city.
        　　529. celerity : speed; rapidity
        　　* Hamlet resented his mother's celerity in remarrying within a month after his father's death.
        　　534. censure : blame; criticize
        　　* He was censured for his inappropriate behavior.
        　　536. centigrade : denoting a widely used temperature scale (basically same as Celsius)
        　　* On the centigrade thermometer, the freezing point of water is zero degrees
        　　537. centrifugal : radiating; departing from the center
        　　* Many automatic drying machines remove excess moisture from clothing by centrifugal force.
        　　539. centripetal : tending toward the center
        　　* Does centripetal force or the force of gravity bring orbiting bodies to the earth's surface?
        　　544. cessation : stopping
        　　* The workers threatened a cessation of all activities if their demands were not met.
        　　545. cession : yielding to another; ceding
        　　* The cession of Alaska to the United States is discussed in this chapter.
        　　552. champion : support militantly
        　　* Martin Luther King, Jr., won the Nobel Peace Prize because he championed the oppressed in their struggle for equality.
       
            
            

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        　　573. chronic : long established, as a disease
        　　* The doctors were finally able to attribute his chronic headaches and nausea a to traces of formaldehyde gas in his apartment.
        　　574. chronicle : report; record (in chronological order)
        　　* The gossip columnist was paid to chronicle the latest escapades of the socially prominent celebrities.
        　　580. circuitous : roundabout
        　　* Because of the traffic congestion on the main highways, she took a circuitous route.
        　　581. circumlocution : indirect or roundabout expression
        　　* He was afraid to call spade a spade and resorted to circumlocutions to avoid direct reference to his subject.
        　　582. circumscribe : limit; confine
        　　* Although I do not wish to circumscribe your activities, I must insist that you complete this assignment before you start anything else.
        　　583. circumspect : prudent; cautious
        　　* Investigating before acting, she tried always to be circumspect.
        　　584. circumvent : outwit; baffle
        　　* In order to circumvent the enemy, we will make two preliminary attacks in other sections before starting our major campaign.
        　　586. cite : quote; commend
        　　* She could cite passages in the Bible from memory.
        　　590. clamor : noise
        　　* The clamor of the children at play outside made it impossible for her to take a nap.
        　　595. claustrophobia : fear of being locked in
        　　* His fellow classmates laughed at his claustrophobia and often threatened to lock him in his room.
        　　609. coalesce : combine; fuse
        　　* The brooks coalesce into one large river.
       
            
            

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        　　615. coeval : living at the same time as; contemporary
        　　* coeval with the dinosaur, the pterodactyl flourished during the Mesozoic era.
        　　617. cogent : convincing
        　　* She presented cogent arguments to the jury.
        　　618. cogitate : think over
        　　* cogitate on this problem; the solution will come.
        　　619. cognate : related linguistically; allied by blood; similar or akin in nature
        　　* The English word \mother\ cognate to the Latin word \mater,\ whose influence is visible in the words \maternal\ and \maternity.\
        　　620. cognitive : having to do with knowing or perceiving related to the mental precesses
        　　* Though Jack was emotionally immature, his cognitive development was admirable; he was very advanced intellectually.
        　　621. cognizance : knowledge
        　　* During the election campaign, the two candidates were kept in full cognizance of the international situation.
        　　622. cohere : stick together
        　　* Solids have a greater tendency to cohere than liquids.
        　　623. cohesion : tendency to keep together
        　　* A firm believer in the maxim \Divide and conquer,\ the emperor, by lies and trickery, sought to disrupt the cohesion of the free nations.
        　　626. coincident : occurring at the same time
        　　* Some people find the coincident events in Hardy's novels annoyingly improbable.
        　　628. collaborate : work together
        　　* Two writers collaborated in preparing this book.
        　　630. collate : examine in order to verify authenticity; arrange in order
        　　* They collated the newly found manuscripts to determine their age.
        　　631. collateral : security given for loan
        　　* The sum you wish to borrow is so large that it must be secured by collateral.
        　　633. colloquial : pertaining to conversational or common speech
        　　* 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 : informal discussion
        　　* I enjoy our colloquies but I sometimes wish that they could be made more formal and more searching.
        　　635. collusion : conspiring in a fraudulent scheme
        　　* The swindlers were found guilty of collusion.
        　　646. commensurate : equal in extent
        　　* Your reward will be commensurate with your effort.