Lesson 69 - The Ultimate Vocabulary Course for Competitive Exams: GRE, GMAT, TOEFL, IELTS & More | Learn English

Emoji	Word	Past	Past Participle	Third Person Singular	Gerund	Meaning	Example Sentence	Example Expression	Example Expression Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms	Collocations

#2041 ⚖️ ••••••	culpable /ˈkʌlpəbl̩/ adjective ••••••	- ••••••	- ••••••	- ••••••	- ••••••	deserving blame or responsibility for a wrongdoing ••••••	The judge found him culpable for the accident. ••••••	- ••••••	- ••••••	blameworthy, guilty, responsible, liable, at fault ••••••	innocent, blameless, faultless ••••••	culpable negligence, culpable conduct, deemed culpable ••••••
#2042 😠 ••••••	curmudgeon /kərˈmʌdʒən/ noun ••••••	- ••••••	- ••••••	- ••••••	- ••••••	a bad-tempered, cranky, or irritable person, usually old ••••••	The old curmudgeon complained about everything in the neighborhood. ••••••	- ••••••	- ••••••	grouch, grump, crank, complainer ••••••	optimist, cheerful person ••••••	old curmudgeon, grumpy curmudgeon, neighborhood curmudgeon ••••••
#2043 🗝️ ••••••	curio /ˈkjʊriˌoʊ/ noun ••••••	- ••••••	- ••••••	- ••••••	- ••••••	a small unusual or interesting object, often collected for its rarity ••••••	She bought a curio from the antique shop. ••••••	- ••••••	- ••••••	antique, collectible, keepsake, artifact ••••••	common object, ordinary item ••••••	curio shop, curio cabinet, rare curio, antique curio ••••••
#2044 ⏰ ••••••	curfew /ˈkɜːrfjuː/ noun ••••••	- ••••••	- ••••••	- ••••••	- ••••••	a rule requiring people to stay indoors after a certain time, usually at night ••••••	The city imposed a curfew during the unrest. ••••••	- ••••••	- ••••••	restriction, lockdown, ban, regulation ••••••	freedom, liberty ••••••	impose a curfew, strict curfew, night curfew, citywide curfew ••••••
#2045 🛑 ••••••	curb /kɜːrb/ verb ••••••	curbed ••••••	curbed ••••••	curbs ••••••	curbing ••••••	to restrain, control, or limit something ••••••	The government took steps to curb inflation. ••••••	curb your enthusiasm ••••••	to control or restrain your excitement ••••••	restrain, control, suppress, limit, check ••••••	encourage, promote, release ••••••	curb inflation, curb violence, curb pollution, curb spending ••••••
#2046 🏛️ ••••••	curator /kjʊˈreɪtər/ noun ••••••	- ••••••	- ••••••	- ••••••	- ••••••	a person who is responsible for the care and management of a museum, gallery, or collection ••••••	The curator organized a new exhibition of ancient artifacts. ••••••	- ••••••	- ••••••	keeper, custodian, manager, overseer, administrator ••••••	visitor, guest, spectator ••••••	museum curator, art curator, exhibition curator, chief curator ••••••
#2047 💊 ••••••	curable /ˈkjʊərəbl/ adjective ••••••	- ••••••	- ••••••	- ••••••	- ••••••	Able to be cured or healed. ••••••	The doctor assured her that the disease was curable. ••••••	- ••••••	- ••••••	treatable, healable, remediable, solvable ••••••	incurable, untreatable, hopeless ••••••	curable disease, curable illness, curable condition, curable infection ••••••
#2048 💰 ••••••	cupidity /kjuːˈpɪdəti/ noun ••••••	- ••••••	- ••••••	- ••••••	- ••••••	Excessive desire for wealth or possessions; greed. ••••••	The king's downfall was caused by his cupidity. ••••••	- ••••••	- ••••••	greed, avarice, lust, covetousness ••••••	generosity, selflessness, charity ••••••	cupidity of wealth, cupidity for power, cupidity and corruption ••••••
#2049 🦊 ••••••	cunning /ˈkʌnɪŋ/ adjective ••••••	- ••••••	- ••••••	- ••••••	- ••••••	Having or showing skill in achieving one's ends by deceit or evasion; cleverness in a tricky way. ••••••	The cunning fox tricked the farmer. ••••••	cunning plan ••••••	a clever but often deceitful scheme ••••••	crafty, sly, clever, shrewd, devious ••••••	honest, naive, straightforward ••••••	cunning plan, cunning trick, cunning strategy, cunning move ••••••
#2050 ➕ ••••••	cumulative /ˈkjuːmjələtɪv/ adjective ••••••	- ••••••	- ••••••	- ••••••	- ••••••	Increasing gradually by addition; growing in quantity, force, or effect. ••••••	The cumulative effect of stress can harm your health. ••••••	- ••••••	- ••••••	aggregate, total, combined, collective ••••••	individual, separate, isolated ••••••	cumulative effect, cumulative total, cumulative impact, cumulative result ••••••
#2051 📦 ••••••	cumbersome /ˈkʌmbərsəm/ adjective ••••••	- ••••••	- ••••••	- ••••••	- ••••••	Large, heavy, or difficult to handle; complicated and inefficient. ••••••	The cumbersome package was too heavy to carry alone. ••••••	- ••••••	- ••••••	bulky, unwieldy, clumsy, awkward, heavy ••••••	light, manageable, convenient ••••••	cumbersome process, cumbersome system, cumbersome equipment, cumbersome package ••••••
#2052 🌊 ••••••	culvert /ˈkʌlvərt/ noun ••••••	- ••••••	- ••••••	- ••••••	- ••••••	a tunnel or drain that carries water under a road or railway ••••••	The heavy rainwater flowed through the culvert under the bridge. ••••••	- ••••••	- ••••••	drain, channel, sewer, conduit ••••••	dam, barrier ••••••	concrete culvert, road culvert, culvert construction ••••••
#2053 🎨 ••••••	cultured /ˈkʌltʃəd/ adjective ••••••	- ••••••	- ••••••	- ••••••	- ••••••	characterized by refined taste, manners, and education ••••••	She is a cultured woman who loves art and literature. ••••••	- ••••••	- ••••••	refined, educated, sophisticated, polished ••••••	uncultured, unrefined, ignorant ••••••	cultured background, cultured family, cultured taste ••••••
#2054 🌱 ••••••	cultivate /ˈkʌltɪveɪt/ verb ••••••	cultivated ••••••	cultivated ••••••	cultivates ••••••	cultivating ••••••	to prepare and use land for crops; to develop a quality or relationship ••••••	Farmers cultivate the land to grow rice. ••••••	cultivate friendship ••••••	to develop a good relationship with someone ••••••	grow, nurture, develop, foster, promote ••••••	neglect, abandon ••••••	cultivate land, cultivate crops, cultivate skills, cultivate habits ••••••
#2055 🚔 ••••••	culprit /ˈkʌlprɪt/ noun ••••••	- ••••••	- ••••••	- ••••••	- ••••••	a person who is responsible for a crime or misdeed ••••••	The police caught the culprit behind the robbery. ••••••	- ••••••	- ••••••	offender, wrongdoer, criminal, perpetrator, lawbreaker ••••••	victim, innocent, blameless ••••••	real culprit, find the culprit, main culprit ••••••
#2056 🎯 ••••••	crux /krʌks/ noun ••••••	- ••••••	- ••••••	- ••••••	- ••••••	the most important or decisive point of an issue ••••••	The crux of the problem lies in poor communication. ••••••	the crux of the matter ••••••	the most important or central aspect of an issue ••••••	essence, core, heart, gist, nucleus ••••••	detail, trivia, unimportance ••••••	the crux of the issue, crux of the debate, the crux of the argument ••••••
#2057 ⚖️ ••••••	culpability /ˌkʌl.pəˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/ noun ••••••	- ••••••	- ••••••	- ••••••	- ••••••	responsibility for a fault or wrong; blameworthiness ••••••	The jury considered his level of culpability in the crime. ••••••	- ••••••	- ••••••	blame, guilt, fault, responsibility, accountability ••••••	innocence, blamelessness ••••••	legal culpability, moral culpability, degree of culpability, establish culpability ••••••
#2058 🎓 ••••••	culmination /ˌkʌl.mɪˈneɪ.ʃən/ noun ••••••	- ••••••	- ••••••	- ••••••	- ••••••	the highest point or final result of something ••••••	Graduation day is the culmination of years of hard work. ••••••	- ••••••	- ••••••	climax, peak, conclusion, finale, result ••••••	beginning, initiation, start ••••••	culmination of, in culmination, grand culmination, final culmination ••••••
#2059 🏔️ ••••••	culminate /ˈkʌl.mɪ.neɪt/ verb ••••••	culminated ••••••	culminated ••••••	culminates ••••••	culminating ••••••	to reach the highest point or final stage ••••••	The negotiations culminated in a successful agreement. ••••••	- ••••••	- ••••••	conclude, peak, climax, result, end ••••••	begin, start, initiate ••••••	culminate in, culminate with, project culminates, efforts culminate ••••••
#2060 ✂️ ••••••	cull /kʌl/ verb ••••••	culled ••••••	culled ••••••	culls ••••••	culling ••••••	to select or remove from a larger group, often to reduce numbers ••••••	The farmers decided to cull the sick animals from the herd. ••••••	cull the herd ••••••	to reduce a group by removing weaker members ••••••	select, choose, pick, remove, eliminate ••••••	gather, accumulate, include ••••••	cull animals, cull list, cull ideas, cull population ••••••
#2061 🍳 ••••••	culinary /ˈkʌl.ɪ.nɛr.i/ adjective ••••••	- ••••••	- ••••••	- ••••••	- ••••••	relating to cooking or the kitchen ••••••	She took a culinary course in Italy to improve her cooking skills. ••••••	- ••••••	- ••••••	cooking, gastronomic, dietary, kitchen-related ••••••	inedible, nonculinary ••••••	culinary skills, culinary arts, culinary tradition, culinary delight ••••••
#2062 🚧 ••••••	cul de sac /ˌkʌl də ˈsæk/ noun ••••••	- ••••••	- ••••••	- ••••••	- ••••••	A street or passage closed at one end; a dead end. ••••••	They bought a house at the end of a quiet cul de sac. ••••••	- ••••••	- ••••••	dead end, blind alley, close, no-through road ••••••	highway, open road, main road ••••••	quiet cul de sac, residential cul de sac, end of cul de sac, cul de sac house ••••••
#2063 🍝 ••••••	cuisine /kwɪˈziːn/ noun ••••••	- ••••••	- ••••••	- ••••••	- ••••••	A style or method of cooking, especially characteristic of a particular country or region. ••••••	Italian cuisine is famous all over the world. ••••••	- ••••••	- ••••••	food, cookery, gastronomy, fare, diet ••••••	fast food, junk food ••••••	Italian cuisine, French cuisine, traditional cuisine, local cuisine ••••••
#2064 🎭 ••••••	cue /kjuː/ noun/verb ••••••	cued ••••••	cued ••••••	cues ••••••	cueing ••••••	A signal or prompt for action; to give a signal. ••••••	The actor waited for his cue before entering the stage. ••••••	on cue ••••••	At exactly the right moment, as expected. ••••••	signal, prompt, hint, indication, trigger ••••••	silence, ignore, neglect ••••••	take a cue, give a cue, wait for a cue, cue card ••••••
#2065 🥢 ••••••	cudgel /ˈkʌdʒ.əl/ noun/verb ••••••	cudgeled ••••••	cudgeled ••••••	cudgels ••••••	cudgeling ••••••	A short, thick stick used as a weapon; to beat with a cudgel. ••••••	The guard used a cudgel to chase away the thief. ••••••	take up the cudgels ••••••	To defend or support someone or something strongly. ••••••	club, stick, baton, staff, bludgeon ••••••	caress, protect, support ••••••	wooden cudgel, heavy cudgel, wield a cudgel, take up the cudgels ••••••
#2066 📦 ••••••	cubicle /ˈkjuː.bɪ.kəl/ noun ••••••	- ••••••	- ••••••	- ••••••	- ••••••	A small partitioned-off area of a room, typically in an office. ••••••	She works in a cubicle with three other colleagues. ••••••	- ••••••	- ••••••	booth, stall, cell, workspace, compartment ••••••	hall, open space, chamber ••••••	office cubicle, cubicle wall, small cubicle, work cubicle ••••••
#2067 💎 ••••••	crystallize /ˈkrɪstəlaɪz/ verb ••••••	crystallized ••••••	crystallized ••••••	crystallizes ••••••	crystallizing ••••••	to form crystals; to make an idea or plan clear and definite ••••••	Her vague thoughts began to crystallize into a solid plan. ••••••	crystallize an idea ••••••	to make something clear and well-defined ••••••	solidify, clarify, materialize, shape ••••••	blur, confuse, dissolve ••••••	crystallize into, crystallize an idea, crystallize thoughts ••••••
#2068 🔐 ••••••	cryptogram /ˈkrɪptəɡræm/ noun ••••••	- ••••••	- ••••••	- ••••••	- ••••••	a text written in code or cipher ••••••	The detective solved the cryptogram hidden in the letter. ••••••	- ••••••	- ••••••	cipher, code, puzzle, enigma ••••••	plain text, clarity ••••••	solve cryptogram, hidden cryptogram, puzzle cryptogram ••••••
#2069 🕵️ ••••••	cryptic /ˈkrɪptɪk/ adjective ••••••	- ••••••	- ••••••	- ••••••	- ••••••	having a meaning that is mysterious or obscure ••••••	She left a cryptic message on his voicemail. ••••••	cryptic remark ••••••	an intentionally vague or puzzling statement ••••••	enigmatic, mysterious, obscure, puzzling, ambiguous ••••••	clear, obvious, straightforward ••••••	cryptic message, cryptic remark, cryptic clue ••••••
#2070 ⚰️ ••••••	crypt /krɪpt/ noun ••••••	- ••••••	- ••••••	- ••••••	- ••••••	an underground chamber, especially one beneath a church, used as a burial place ••••••	The tourists explored the ancient crypt beneath the cathedral. ••••••	- ••••••	- ••••••	tomb, vault, catacomb, mausoleum ••••••	open ground, surface ••••••	ancient crypt, church crypt, burial crypt ••••••

Lesson 69 - The Ultimate Vocabulary Course for Competitive Exams: GRE, GMAT, TOEFL, IELTS & More

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