Barron's High Frequency 333 GRE Words : 51-60

1. Coagulate (v) : thicken, congeal, clot; Even after you remove the pudding from the burner, it will continue to COAGULATE as it stands.
2. Coda (n) : concluding section of a musical or literary composition, something that rounds out, summarizes, or concludes; The piece concluded with a distinctive CODA that strikingly brought together various motifs.
3. Cogent (adj) : convincing; It was inevitable that David chose to go to Harvard, he had several COGENT reasons for doing so, including a full-tuition scholarship.
4. Commensurate (adj) : corresponding in extent, degree, amount etc; proportionate; By the close of World War II much progress had been made in assigning nurses rank and responsibilities COMMENSURATE with their training and abilities.
5. Compendium (n) : brief, comprehensive summary; This text can serve as a COMPENDIUM of the tremendous amount of new material being developed in this field.
6. Complaisant (adj) : trying to please, overly polite, obliging; Fearing that the king might become enraged if his will were thwarted, the COMPLAISANT Parliament recognized Henry VII as king of Ireland.
7. Compliant (adj) : yielding, conforming to requirements; Because Joel usually gave in and went along with whatever his friends desired, his mother worried that he might be too COMPLIANT.
8. Conciliatory (adj) : reconciling, soothing; She was still angry despite his CONCILIATORY words.
9. Condone (v) : overlook, forgive, give tacit approval, excuse; Unlike Widow Douglass, who CONDONED Huck’s minor offenses, Miss Watson did nothing but scold.
10. Confound (n) : confuse, puzzle; No mystery could CONFOUND Sherlock Holmes for long.