Vocab #2

1. Accoutrements: Personal clothing or accessories

"She had her accoutrements all packed up for the trip."

2. Apogee: Highest or most distant point, climax

"I was on the edge of my seat around the apogee of the movie."

3. Apropros: Fitting, at the right time

"The length of the lesson was apropros because the bell rang as soon as the teacher was done."

4. Bicker: A peeving arguement

"The two were bickering over where to put the new couch."

5. Coalesce: To grow into one body

"The two lakes coalesced into one after a few years."

6. Contretemps: An embarrassing mischance

"He caused small contretemps when he spilled his drink."

7. Convolution: Rolled up or coiled condition:

The aluminum foil was now in a convolution form when it was rolled up

8. Cull: To choose, select

"He had to cull what to get on his sandwich."

9. Disparate: Essentially different

"His shirt with red stripes was quite disparate than the others."

10. Dogmatic: Pertaining to

"That is the shirt of Steve"

11. Licentious: Unrestrained by law

"He was licentious to kill a man."

12. Mete a limit or boundary

"He had a set mete, and was not allowed to go to certain locations."

13. Noxious: Harmful or dangerous to health

"Being a coal miner is quite noxious because of what you breath in."\

14. Polemic: An argument about a certain opinion

"There's been a long time polemic about the rights of same-sex marriage."

15. Populous: Large population

"Los Angeles is quite populous with over 4,000,00 people."

16. Probity: Honesty

"He had much probity to say his true feelings."

17. Repartee: A quick, witty reply

"He gave quite a repartee to end the argument and win."

18. Supervene: To occur unexpectedly

"It was quite supervene when the light went out in the classroom."

19. Turncate: To shorten by cutting

"He turncated the banana by using a scissor."

20. Unimpeachable: Above suspicion

"Since he was telling the truth, he was quite unimpeachable of telling any other lie."