List 5&6 Flashcards
Consummate
Complete or perfect
Construe
To explain
Containment
Keeping Sth. Within limits
Contemplate
To think about intently深思
Contempt
轻视
Contention
A statement one argues for as valid 争论,论点
Contravene
To conflict with
Contrite
悔罪的
Contrive
To think up 设计计划
Converge
To come together at a point
Conversant
Familiar or acquainted 精通的
Converse
To exchange thoughts and opinions in speech
Convivial
Having Sth. To do with a feast or festival activity
Convolute
Spiraled, complicated
Copious
Very plentiful
Cordiality
Sincere affection and kindness
Corroborate
Make more certain, to strengthen
Corrosive
Tending the power to corrode 腐蚀
Cosmopolitan
全球性的
Coterie
A close circle of friends who share a common interest
Countenance
支持,表情
Counterbalance
To act as a balance to
Counterfeit
伪造
Counterpart
Corresponds to the same function as
Counterproductive
Having the opposite effect to that intended
Covet
To want ardently
Crater
火山口
Credulous
Tending to believe too readily
Crestfallen
Deject
Crooked
Dishonest
Cryptic
Mysterious
Culinary
Of the kitchen
Culminate
To bring to a head or the highest point
Culpable
Deserving blame
Cumbersome
Hard to handle with
Cursory
Superficial
Custodian
管理员
Dappled
Covered with spots of a different color
Daunt
使胆怯
Dearth
Scarce
Debilitate
To make week or feeble
Decadence
The process of becoming decadent
Deciduous
Not lasting
Decorous
Marked by propriety and good taste
Decorum
礼节
Decrepit
Broken down or worn out by old age
Decry
责难
Defamation
The act of defaming another 诽谤