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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.