Barron 3500 List 9
chronic
ADJ. / 慢性的/long established as a disease.
chimerical
ADJ. /不现实,空想/fantastically improbable; highly unrealis tic; imaginative.
cloying
ADJ. /倒胃口;过度的/distasteful (because excessive); excessively sweet or sentimental.
Chivalrous
ADJ. /勇敢;诚实/courteous; faithful; brave.
cognate
ADJ. /同源的/related linguistically: allied by blood: similar or akin in nature.
checkered
ADJ. /多变的;像国际象棋棋盘一样的方格/marked by changes in fortune.
cherubic
ADJ. /天真无邪/angelic; innocent-looking.
circumspect
ADJ. /慎重;周到/prudent; cautious.
choleric
ADJ. /易发怒的;脾气坏/hot-tempered.
cogent
ADJ. /有说服力的/convincing.
civil
ADJ. /民事的;国民的/having to do with citizens or the state; courteous and polite.
chaotic
ADJ. /混乱/in utter disorder.
clandestine
ADJ. /秘密/secret.
churlish
ADJ. /粗鲁的/boorish; rude.
chaste
ADJ. /纯的/pure.
cognitive
ADJ. /认知的/having to do with knowing or perceiving; related to the mental processes.
chary
ADJ. /谨慎;吝啬/cautious; sparing or restrained about giving.
circuitous
ADJ. /迂回的/roundabout.
climactic
ADJ. /顶点的,高潮的/relating to the highest point.
clairvoyant
ADJ. N. /预知;预言者/having foresight; fortuneteller.
clump
N. /一 块,一团;沉重的脚步声;草丛,灌木丛/cluster or close group (of bushes, trees); mass; sound of heavy treading.
cipher
N. /不重要的人或物/nonentity; worthless person or thing.
coalition
N. /伙伴;同盟,集合/partnership; league; union.
cloister
N. /修道院/monastery or convent.
cohesion
N. /内聚力;黏度/tendency to keep together.
chisel
N. /凿子/wedgelike tool for cutting.
clip
N. /剪辑/section of filmed material.
coiffure
N. /发型/hairstyle.
clamor
N. /吵 闹声 ;噪音/noise.
charlatan
N. /吹牛/quack; pretender to knowledge.
clime
N. /地域;气候/region; climate.
clangor
N. /大声喧哗;持续的铿锵声/loud, resounding noise.
citadel
N. /大本营/fortress.
coercion
N. /威逼,强迫/use of force to get someone to obey.
circumlocution
N. /婉转曲折的表达/indirect or roundabout expression.
cipher
N. /密码/secret code.
clique
N. /小圈子;同行/small exclusive group.
coincidence
N. /巧合/two or more things occurring at the same time by chance.
clout
N. /巨大的影响(政治\社会)/great influence (especially political or social).
clientele
N. /常客/body of customers.
claustrophobia
N. /幽闭恐怖症/fear of being locked in.
chassis
N. /底盘/framework and working parts of an automobile.
chicanery
N. /强辩,狡辩;欺骗/trickery; deception.
clasp
N. /扣合;紧密合作/fastening device; firm grip.
cistern
N. /水塔;水库/reservoir or water tank.
chasm
N. /深渊/abyss.
clemency
N. /温和;仁慈/disposition to be lenient; mildness, as of the weather.
chauvinist
N. /盲目爱国主义/blindly devoted patriot.
choreography
N. /舞蹈术;舞蹈记谱/art of representing dances in written symbols; arrangement of dances.
cleft
N. /裂缝;开裂/split.
cognizance
N. /认知/knowledge.
colander
N. /过滤器/utensil with perforated bottom used for straining.
codicil
N. /遗嘱的附录/supplement to the body of a will.
clapper
N. /铃舌,钟舌/striker (tongue) of a bell.
cliché
N. /陈词滥调/phrase dulled in meaning by repetition.
charisma
N. /魅力/divine gift; great popular charm or appeal of a political leader.
cohere
V. / 粘住的/stick together.
coagulate
V. /凝结/thicken; congeal; clot.
cleave
V. /劈开;黏着;忠于/split or sever; cling to; remain faithful to.
coddle
V. /娇养,溺爱/to treat gently.
cite
V. /引用;掌握/quote; command.
chortle
V. /得意的笑/chuckle with delight.
chastise
V. /惩罚/punish.
champion
V. /拥护/support militantly.
coalesce
V. /接合/combine; fuse.
check
V. /控制;阻止/stop motion; curb or restrain.
chide
V. /斥责/scold.
circumvent
V. /智取;包围/outwit; baffle.
chisel
V. /欺骗/swindle or cheat; cut with a chisel.
clamber
V. /爬/climb by crawling.
clench
V. /牢牢抓住/close tightly; grasp.
chasten
V. /磨练/discipline; punish in order to correct.
chronicle
V. /编年史/report; record (in chronological order).
codify
V. /编纂/arrange (laws, rules) as a code; classify.
cogitate
V. /考虑/think over.
coin
V. /铸币;发明;杜撰/make coins; invent or fabricate.
circumscribe
V. /限制/limit; confine.
