Thursday, January 16, 2014

Vocabulary #2

Accoutrements-additional items of dress or equipment
Apogee-the highest point of development
Apropos- an opportune time
Bicker-to argue about petty matters
Coalesce- to come together and form one whole
Contretemps- an embarrassing occurrence
Convolution- a form or shape that is folded in curved windings
Cull-to select from a group
Disparate- completely distinct or different in kind
Dogmatic- characterized by or the expression of opinions very strongly or positively as if they were facts
Licentious-lacking legal or moral restraints
Mete- to distribute or give out by measure
Noxious-harmful, poisonous or very unpleasant
Polemic-an agressive attack on or refutation of the opinions or principles of another
Populous-containing many people or inhabitance
Probity-complete and confirmed integrity
Repartee-a swift witty reply
Supervene-occur later than a specified or implied event or action
Truncate-to shorten by or as if by cutting off
Unimpeachable-inquestionable



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