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1 causality
formal the relationship between a cause and the effect that it has

2 chicanery
[uncountable] formal the use of clever plans or actions to deceive people:
Clearly there is some chicanery going on.

3 coagulate
if a liquid coagulates, or something coagulates it, it becomes thick and almost solid:
The blood had not coagulated.

4 coda
[countable]
1 an additional separate part at the end of a piece of music

2 a separate piece of writing at the end of a work of literature or a speech

5 commensurate
matching something in size, quality, or length of time

commensurate with
Salary will be commensurate with age and experience.

6 compendium
plural compendiums or compendia [countable]
1 formal a book that contains a complete collection of facts, drawings etc on a particular subject:
a cricketing compendium

2 British English -a set of different board games in a box

7 complaisant adj

complaisance [uncountable]
formal willingness to do what pleases other people
complaisantly adv

8 conciliatory
doing something that is intended to make someone stop arguing with you

conciliatory approach/tone/gesture etc
Perhaps you should adopt a more conciliatory approach.
Brooks felt in no mood to be conciliatory.


9 confound v
------1 to confuse and surprise people by being unexpected:
His amazing recovery confounded the medical specialists.

------2 to prove someone or something wrong
confound the critics/pundits/experts etc
United's new striker confounded the critics with his third goal in as many games.

------3 formal to defeat an enemy, plan etc

------4 formal if a problem etc confounds you, you cannot understand it or solve it:
Her question completely confounded me.

------5 confound it/him/them etc old-fashioned
used to show that you are annoyed with someone or something

10 connoisseur
someone who knows a lot about something such as art, food, or music:
a wine connoisseur

connoisseur of
Fry was a connoisseur of Renaissance art.