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Chicanery:
MEANING: The use of deception or subterfuge
SENTENCE: There is plenty of chicanery in the world of international
espionage.
Catalyst:
MEANING: Something that causes change
SENTENCE: The student’s ideas were the catalyst for the teacher’s
different approach to teaching.
Caustic:
MEANING: Intended to hurt, bitterly sarcastic
SENTENCE: The divorcing couple spoke to each other with caustic
remarks.

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Circumscribe:
MEANING: Limit or restrict
SENTENCE: Unreliable access to funds circumscribed the investor’s
activities.
Coagulate:
MEANING: (of a fluid) change to a solid or semi-solid state
SENTENCE: Blood had coagulated around the edges of the wound.
Chauvinism:
MEANING: Excessive support for one’s own cause, group
or sex
SENTENCE: Male chauvinists do not believe women are their equal.
Coda:
MEANING: A concluding event, section or remark
SENTENCE: A prayer was the coda to the priest’s session that Sunday.
Cogent:
MEANING: Convincing, logical
SENTENCE: The defence presented cogent arguments to the jury; their
verdict: not guilty.
Commensurate:
MEANING: Equal in extent, proportional
SENTENCE: Her salary was commensurate with her experience and
qualifications.
Compendium:
MEANING: a collection or set of similar items.
SENTENCE: The book she borrowed was a compendium of maps and
stories of the country she planned to visit.
Complaisant:
MEANING: Willing to please others
SENTENCE: Flight attendants are usually very complaisant with
passengers.

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Condone:
MEANING: Accept or overlook behaviour that is considered
wrong or offensive
SENTENCE: The school did not condone smoking in the playground.
Confound:
MEANING: Cause confusion with surprise; mix up
SENTENCE: The twins would deliberately confound their teachers by
swapping seats in the classroom.