Vocabulary #2

1. Accoutrements: Other items carried or worn by a person used for a special activity.

She never leaves her house without her accoutrements.

2. Apogee: The highest point in the development of something; the climax or culmination.

The White House is considered the apogee of American achievement.

3. Apropos: Very appropriate to a particular situation.

The writer's reference to the child's play was apropos.

4. Bicker: Argue about petty and trivial matters.

My sister and I bicker over irrelevant items.

5. Coalesce: Come together and form one mass or whole.

We made a coalesce to keep warm.

6. Contretemps: An unexpected and unfortunate occurrence.

Seeing my evil step mother was a contretemps.

7. Convolution: A coil or twist, esp. one of many.

Her art project had elaborate convolutions.

8. Cull: Select from a large quantity; obtain from a variety of sources.

 You have to cull wisely, so you don't make a horrible choice.

9. Disparate: Essentially different in kind; not allowing comparison.

An orange and a sandwich are very disparate.

10. Dogmatic: Inclined to lay down principle as incontrovertibly true.

My sister speaks in a very dogmatic manner.

11. Licentious: Promiscuous and unprincipled in sexual matters.

The movie, Taken, is all about licentious and drug use on young girls.

12. Mete: Dispense or allot justice, a punishment, or harsh treatment.

Terrorists should receive mete and no get off free.

13. Noxious: Harmful, poisonous, or very unpleasant.

Spiders can be very noxious when they bite you.

14. Polemic: A strong verbal, or written attack on someone or something.

My sister experienced a polemic letter when she started dating this girls ex boyfriend.

15. Populous: Having a large population, densely populated.

Sacramento is very populous and sometimes hard to drive through traffic.

16. Probity: The quality of having strong moral principles, honesty and decency.

Some politicians aren't probity when they speak.

17. Repartee: Conversation or speech characterized by quick, witty comments or replies.

When my friends and I have discussions, I respond with repartee.

18. Supervene: Occur later than a specified or implied event or action, typically in such a way as to
change the situation.

I hate to do supervened work when I just finished an assignment.

19. Truncate: Shorten by cutting off the top or the end.

I want to truncate my sister's very long hair.

20. Unimpeachable: Not able to be doubted, questioned, or criticized, entirely trustworthy.

I believe that the bible is unimpeachable.