| Question |
Answer |
| chafe |
warm by rubbing; make sore by rubbing; N. |
| chaff |
worthless products of an endeavor; husk(outer seed cover) separated from grain; Ex. separate the wheat from the chaff |
| chaffing |
bantering; joking |
| chagrin |
annoyance and disappointment; vexation (caused by humiliation or injured pride) |
| chalice |
goblet; consecrated cup |
| chameleon |
lizard that changes color in different situations |
| champion |
support militantly; fight for; N: person who fights for or supports strongly (a principle, movement, person, etc.) |
| championship |
position of champion; defense or support; competition held to determine a champion |
| chancellor |
legal official of high rank; CF. chancellery(chancellory): position of a chancellor |
| chant |
tune(melody) in which a number of words are sung on the same note; V: sing (a chant); utter (a slogan) in the manner of a chant |
| chaotic |
in utter disorder |
| chapel |
small church (in a prison, college, or hospital) |
| chaperon |
older person who accompanies and supervises a young unmarried woman |
| chaplain |
clergyman attached to a chapel |
| char |
make or become black by burning; reduce or be reduced to carbon or charcoal(black substance made by burning wood) by incomplete combustion |
| charisma |
divine gift; great popular charm or appeal; magnetism |
| charlatan |
quack; pretender to knowledge (esp. in medicine) |
| charm |
quality of pleasing; amulet; action or formula thought to have magical power; spell; V: attract; cast a spell on; bewitch |
| chary |
cautious; unwilling to take risks; sparing or restrained about giving; OP. bold |
| chase |
ornament a metal surface by indenting; follow rapidly to catch |
| chasm |
abyss; very deep crack |
| chassis |
framework and working parts of an automobile; framework to which components are attached |
| chaste |
morally pure; virginal; abstaining from illicit sexual acts; modest; simple (of a style of writing); not highly decorated; austere |
| chasten |
discipline; punish in order to correct; CF. castigate |
| chastise |
punish as by beating; criticize severely |
| chauvinist |
blindly devoted patriot; zealous adherent of a group, cause, or sex; ADJ. chauvinistic; CF. chauvinism; Nicolas Chauvin |
| check |
stop motion; curb or restrain |
| checkered(chequered) |
marked by great changes in fortune; with many changes of fortuene; CF. checked: having a pattern of squares |
| cherubic |
angelic; innocent-looking; N. cherub; CF. seraph: winged angel of the highest order |
| chicanery |
trickery; deception |
| chide |
scold; rebuke (someone who has done wrong) |
| chimerical |
fantastically improbable; highly unrealistic; N. chimera: unreal fancy; fire-breathing female creature |
| chip |
lose a small piece from the surface or edge; N: small piece broken off something; CF. French fry; Potato chip/crisp |
| chisel |
swindle or cheat; N: wedgelike tool for cutting |
| chivalrous |
courteous; faithful; brave; N. chivalry |
| choice |
delicate; of very fine quality |
| choir |
group of people who sing together (esp. during religious services); place for choir |
| choleric |
hot-tempered; bad-tempered; irritable; easily angered; CF. cholera |
| chore |
daily domestic task (such as cleaning, cooking, and shopping); unpleasant task |
| choreography |
art of representing dances in written symbols; arrangement of dances |
| chortle |
chuckle with delight; N. |
| chorus |
phrase repeated throughout a song or poem |
| chronic |
long established as a disease |
| chronicle |
report; record (in chronological order) |
| chuckle |
laugh quietly |
| churlish |
boorish; rude; N. churl: boor; yahoo |
| ciliated |
having minute hairs; CF. cilium; CF. cilia: eyelash |
| cipher |
nonentity; worthless person or thing; zero; secret code; V. |
| circlet |
small ring; band of gold, silver, jewel, etc. (worn on the head, arms, or neck as decoration) |
| circuit |
closed circular line around an area; circumference; regularly repeated journey from place to place |
| circuitous |
roundabout |
| circumlocution |
indirect or roundabout expression (by using an uncecessarily large number of words esp. when trying to avoid answering a difficult question directly) |
| circumscribe |
limit; confine; draw a line around |
| circumspect |
prudent; cautious; acting after careful thought |
| circumvent |
outwit; defeat by behaving more cleverly; outsmart; baffle; avoid; get around |
| cistern |
reservoir or water tank |
| citadel |
fortress |
| cite |
quote; commend; Ex. cited for bravery in an official record |
| civil |
having to do with citizens; not military or religious; courteous and polite; Ex. married in a civil ceremony; Ex. civil strife/disorder/law; N. civility; CF. civic |
| clairvoyant |
having foresight; fortuneteller; N. clairvoyance |
| clamber |
climb by crawling with difficulties; scramble |
| clamor |
loud continous noise; continuous demand or complaint made by a large number of people; V: make a clamor; express (a demand) continually and loudly; ADJ. clamorous |
| clandestine |
secret |
| clangor |
loud resounding noise; sound of repeated clanging |
| clap |
strike the palms of the hands together with a sudden explosive sound; come together suddenly with a sharp sound; put or send promptly; Ex. clap the thief in jail; N: clapping; loud or explosive sound; CF. applause |
| clapper |
striker (tongue) of a bell |
| clarion |
shrill, trumpetlike sound; kind of trumpet used in former times |
| clasp |
hold firmly within arms |
| claustrophobia |
fear of being locked in |
| clavicle |
collarbone |
| cleave |
split or sever; cling to; remain faithful to; N. cleavage; ADJ. cloven |
| cleft |
N: split |
| clemency |
disposition to be lenient in deciding punishments; mildness as of the weather; ADJ. clement |
| clich\'e |
phrase dulled in meaning by repetition; platitude; ADJ. clich\'ed |
| clientele |
body of customers |
| climactic |
relating to the highest point; N. climax; CF. climatic |
| clime |
climate |
| clip |
cut off with shears; fasten; N: something clipped off (as a short extract from film); clasp or fastener |
| clipper |
sailing vessel built for great speed |
| clique |
small exclusive group of people |
| cloister |
monastery or convent |
| clot |
half-solid lump formed from a liquid (or blood); V. |
| clout |
great influence (especially political or social); hard blow with fist |
| clown |
act stupidly; play the fool; N. |
| cloying |
distasteful (because excessive); excessively sweet or sentimental; V. cloy: become unpleasant through too much sweetness or excess |
| coagulate |
congeal; thicken; clot; N. coagulant |
| coalesce |
combine; fuse; N. coalescence |
| coalition |
partnership; league; union of separate political parties |
| coax |
persuade by flattery |
| coda |
concluding section of a musical or literary composition |
| coddle |
treat gently; indulge excessively; pamper; mollycoddle; baby; cook in water just below boiling point; Ex. coddled eggs |
| codicil |
supplement to the body of a will; later addition to a will |
| codify |
arrange (laws or rules) as a code; classify; N. code: system of words used instead of ordinary writing; collection of laws, rules, established social customs |
| coercion |
use of force to get someone to object; compelling; V. coerce |
| coeval |
living at the same time as; existing during the same period of time; contemporary; of the same age |
| cog |
tooth projecting from a wheel |
| cogent |
convincing |
| cogitate |
think over; ponder |
| cognate |
having a common origin; related linguistically; allied by blood; similar or akin in nature; Ex. cognate languages; N. |
| cognitive |
having to do with knowing or perceiving related to the mental processes; N. cognition: the mental process of knowing |
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