Monday, August 26, 2013

Vocabulary #2


Accoutrements- personal clothing, accessories
Apogee- the highest or most distant point; climax.
Apropos- fitting; at the right time; to the purpose; opportunely.
Bicker- to engage in petulant or peevish argument; wrangle.
Coalesce- to grow together or into one body.
Contretemps- and inopportune occurrence.
Convolution- a rolled up or coiled condition.
Cull- to choose; select; pick.
Disparate- distinct in kind; essentially different; dissimilar:
Dogmatic- asserting opinions in a doctrinaire or arrogant manner; opinionated.
Licentious- unrestrained by law or general morality; lawless; immoral.
Mete- to distribute or apportion by measure; allot; dole 
Noxious- harmful or injurious to health or physical well-being.
Polemic- a controversial argument, as one against some opinion, doctrine.
Populous- full of residents or inhabitants, as a region.
Probity- integrity and uprightness; honesty.
Repartee- a quick, witty reply.
Supervene- to take place or occur as something additional or extraneous.
Truncate- to shorten by cutting off a part; cut short: 
Unimpeachable- above suspicion; impossible to discredit; impeccable.

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