the words listed underneath is very unfamiliar to me. i never used them or even i can't pronounce them correctly. i have to memeorize them as preparation of GRE...
- canto: division of a long poem.
- canvass: determine or seek opinions, votes, etc. (i knew this word... hahah...)
- capacious: spacious (what does it mean?)
- capacity: mental or physical ability; role; ability to accommodate (i knew it...)
- capillary: having a very fine bore, tube.
- capitulate: surrender.
- caprice: whim...
- capricious: unpredictable.
- caption: :) title; chapter heading, text under illustration.
- captious: faultfinding.
- carafe: glass water bottle, decanter, flask.
- carapace: shell covering the back (of a turtle, crab etc.)
- carat: unit of weight of precious stones; measure of fineness of gold.
- carcinogenic: causing cancer.
- cardinal: chief, basic, key, fundamental.
- cardiologist: doctor specializing in ailments of the heart.
- careen: lurch, zigzag, sway from side by side.
- caricature: distortion, burlesque.
- carillon: a set of bells capable of being played.
- carnage: destruction of life.
- carnal: fleshy.
- carnivorous: meat eating.
- carousal: drunken level; a merry drinking party
- carping: petty criticism; fault finding.
- carrion: rotting flesh of a dead body.
- cartographer: map-maker.
- cascade: small waterfall.
- caste: class, one of the hereditary classes in hindu society; social stratification.
- castigation: punishment; severe criticism.
- casualty: serious or fatal accident.
- cataclysm: deluge, upheaval, disaster.
- catalyst: agent which brings about a chemical change while it remains unaffected and unchanged.
- catapult: slingshot; a hurling machine.
- cataract: great waterfall.
- catastrophe: calamity; disaster.
- catcall: shout of disapproval.
- catechism: book of religious instruction; instruction by question and answer.
- categorical: without exceptions; unqualified; absolute.
- catharsis: purging or cleansing away any passage of the body (the process of releasing strong feelings, for example through plays or other artistic activities, as a way of providing relief from anger, suffering, etc).
- cathartic: purgative.
- catholic: universal; wide-ranging liberal.
- caucus: private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy.
- caulk: to make watertight (by plugging seams).
- causal: implying a cause and effect relationship.
- caustic: burning; sarcastically biting.
- cauterize: burn with hot iron or caustic; to burn a wound, using a chemical or heat, in order to stop the loss of blood or to prevent infection.
- cavalcade: procession; parade.
- cavalier: casual and offhand; arrogant (not caring about something important or about the feelings of other people).
- cavil: make frivolous objections.
- cede: yield (title, territory) to; surrender formally.
- celerity: speed; rapidity.
- celestial: heavenly sidereal; stellar.
- celibate: unmarried; abstaining from sexual intercourse.
- censor: overseer of morals; person who eliminates inappropriate matter.
- censorious: critical.
- censure: blame; criticize. [the censor was the editor who censored the news presented by the censorious reporter and called him to censure severely]
- centaur: mythical figure; half man and half horse.
- centigrade: denoting a temperature scale.
- centrifugal: radiating; departing from the center.
- centrifuge: machine that separates substances by whirling them.
- centripetal: tending toward the center.
- centurion: roman army officer (commanded 100 soldiers).
- cerebral: pertaining to the brain or intellect.
- cerebration: thought.
- ceremonious: marked by formally.
- certitude: certainty.
