Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Vocab #2

1. accoutrements - Personal clothing, accessories, etc.
 

2. apogee - The highest most distance point; climax.
 

3. apropos - Fitting; at the right time; to the purpose; opportunely.
 

4. bicker - To engage in petulant or peevish argument; wrangle.  
 

5. coalesce - To grow together or into one body.
 

6. contretemps - An awkward or difficult situation or mishap.
 

7. convolution - A rolled up or coiled condition. 
 

8. cull - To choose; select; pick.
 

9. disparate - Distinct in kind; essentially different; dissimilar.
 

10. dogmatic - Asserting opinions in a doctrinaire or arrogant manner. 

11. licentious - Unrestrained by law or general; morality; lawless; immoral. 
 

12. mete - To distribute or apportion by measure. 
 

13. noxious - Harmful or injurious to health or physical well -being
 

14. polemic - A controversial argument; as one against some opinion, 
doctrine, etc.
 

15. populous - Full of residents or inhabitants, as a religious, heavily populated.  
 

16. probity - Integrity and uprightness; honesty.
 

17. repartee - A quick, witty reply. 
 

18. supervene - To take or occur as something additional or extraneous.
 

19. truncate - A shorten by cutting of a part; cut short.
 

20. unimpeachable -Above suspicion,impossible to discredit; impeccable.

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