Vocabulary #2

Accoutrements - additional items of dress or equipment, or other items carried or worn by a person or used for a particular activity. Ex:  The soldier carried accoutrements during war along with his uniform. 

apogee - noun  a final climactic stage ex: Mia Hamm reached her apogee when she won the championship. 

apropos - adj. of an appropriate or pertinent nature; adv. by the way; at an opportune time ex: Justine’s apropos comment fit in perfectly with our discussion.

bicker - noun a quarrel about petty points; verb argue over petty things 

ex: The girl kept on bickering during the debate

coalesce - verb fuse or cause to grow together; mix together different elements ex: The family coalesces during the summer every year for a family reunion. 

contretemps - noun an awkward clash ex: When the daughter finds her mom at her friends house, there is a contretemp. 

convolution - noun the action of coiling or twisting or winding together; a convex fold or elevation in the surface of the brain; the shape of something rotating rapidly ex: Illusions cause a convulsion to the human brain.   

cull - noun the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality; verb remove something that has been rejected; look for and gather ex: Max had been culled from the group in spider man. 

disparate - adj. including markedly dissimilar elements; fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind ex: The albino tiger is disparate compared to the rest. 

dogmatic - adj. characterized by assertion of unproved or unprovable principles; relating to or involving dogma; of or pertaining to or characteristic of a doctrine or code of beliefs accepted as authoritative ex: The school's policy is dogmatic. 

licentious - adj. lacking moral discipline; especially sexually unrestrained ex: The man treated violence in a licentious way.

mete - to distribute in equal amounts ex: The man meted out the punishment 

polemic - adj. of or involving dispute or controversy 

ex: The government has created a polemic dispute over if marijuana should be legalized or not.

populous - adj. densely populated ex: LA is populous. 

probity - the quality of having strong moral principles; honesty and decency. 
Ex: Nuns have probity thanks to the lifestyle they are sought to live up to. 

repartee - noun adroitness and cleverness in reply ex: The girl had a repartee when arguing with her sister. 

supervene - verb take place as an additional or unexpected development ex: The tree took a supervene growth when it started to grow side ways instead of upward. 

truncate - adj. terminating abruptly by having or as if having an end or point cut off ex: The veterinarian truncated the boxer's tail. 

unimpeachable - adj. beyond doubt or reproach; completely acceptable; not open to exception or reproach; free of guilt; not subject to blame ex: Some say the president of the United States is unimpeachable, but that is not true.