C~ Flashcards
candor
truthfulness, sincere honesty;
Tom exhibited candor when he told me that he has believed me to be a jerk.
capitulate
to surrender, to give up or give in;
Workers capitulated and went back to work.
caustic
like acid, corrosive 부식성의;
a caustic comment 신랄한 코멘트
celibacy
종교적 의미에서의 성생활의 자제/독신;
Practice celibacy
chagrin
humiliation; embarrassed disappointment;
To be chagrined 굴욕을 느껴 분함
charlatan
fraud, quack; 돌팔이 의사, 사기꾼
chasm
a deep, gaping hole, a gorge협곡;
Is there any chasm where your brain should be?
choleric
hot-tempered, quick to anger;
The choleric watchdog
chicanery
trickery, deceitfulness, artifice especially legal or political;
The chicanery of our elected officials
chronic
constant, lasting a long time 지속적인, 오랫동안 지속되는, 만성의;
chronic illness / chronic failure / chronic depression
chronicle
a record of events in order of time, history;
clique
공통의 특질이나 이해관계로 묶여있는 배타적인 무리, 파벌;
The newspaper staff was a real clique.
coalesce
to unite, to fuse;
The people in our neighborhood coalesce into a powerful force for change in the community.
circuitous
roundabout, not following a direct path;
a circuitous argument (요점 제시 전 우회적인 이야기 풀기);
a circuitous route;
cognizant
aware, conscious;
He was not cognizant of his responsibilities.
coherent
holding together, making sense 일관성있는, 논리정연한;
coherent explanation