Unit 12-14

Question 1

Cant

Answer 1

Insincere talk; argot

Question 2

Cantankerous

Answer 2

Irritable坏脾气的

Question 3

Capricious

Answer 3

Fickle易变的，无常的

Question 4

Captious

Answer 4

Faultfinding吹毛求疵的

Question 5

Cardinal

Answer 5

Of foremost importance

Question 6

Carp

Answer 6

To find fault

Question 7

Cartography

Answer 7

Science of making maps

Question 8

Caste

Answer 8

Social class

Question 9

Castigation

Answer 9

Punishment, criticism

Question 10

Cataclysm

Answer 10

巨变，暴动，大灾难

Question 11

Catalyst

Answer 11

催化剂

Question 12

Categorical

Answer 12

Absolute; without exception

Question 13

Caucus

Answer 13

核心成员，决策班子

Question 14

Causal

Answer 14

原因的，具有因果关系的

Question 15

Caustic

Answer 15

Sarcastically biting, burning

Question 16

Celestial

Answer 16

天空的，天国的，高尚的

Question 17

Centrifugal

Answer 17

Moving away from the center

Question 18

Centripetal

Answer 18

Moving toward a center

Question 19

Champion

Answer 19

To defend or support

Question 20

Chasten

Answer 20

To correct by punishment or reproof

Question 21

Carnal

Answer 21

Of the flesh or body

Question 22

Chicanery

Answer 22

Trickery, fraud

Question 23

Chivalry

Answer 23

骑士精神

Question 24

Churlish

Answer 24

Rude, boorish

Question 25

Circuitous

Answer 25

Roundabout

Question 26

Clairvoyant

Answer 26

One who can predict the future; psychic

Question 27

Clamor

Answer 27

Noisy outcry

Question 28

Clique

Answer 28

A small, exclusive group

Question 29

Cloister

Answer 29

To confine; seclude隔绝，隐退

Question 30

Coagulate

Answer 30

To thicken; congeal 凝固，使结块