Vocabulary List #2

Accoutrements - additional items of dress or equipment, or other items carried or worn by a person or used for a particular activity. Ex: Many people had accoutrements in the gym today.
apogee - noun  a final climactic stage ex: This was the apogee of his reign.
apropos - adj. of an appropriate or pertinent nature; adv. by the way; at an opportune time ex: The family's attire was apropos for the occasion.

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

ex: My siblings bicker way too much about the stupidest things. 

coalesce - verb fuse or cause to grow together; mix together different elements ex: We need to coalesce into a single movement.

contretemps - noun an awkward clash ex: He left the class yesterday and had a bad contretemps with the teacher.

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: The many noises in the city made a convolution.

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: You do not want to be a cull when applying for a job. 

disparate - adj. including markedly dissimilar elements; fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind ex: Many people think that Aaron and I are not disparate.

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 gym's rules are dogmatic.

licentious - adj. lacking moral discipline; especially sexually unrestrained ex: The man was excessively licentious when he came home to his wife while drunk.

mete - to distribute in equal amounts ex: The principle meted out the punishment to the boys who were disrespectful in class.

polemic - adj. of or involving dispute or controversy ex: The concert was polemic when the band didn't show up.

populous - adj. densely populated ex: China is very populous.

probity - the quality of having strong moral principles; honesty and decency. Ex: Probity is a desirable trait for many people. 

repartee - noun adroitness and cleverness in reply ex: My uncle has much repartee when speaking about his favorite topics.

supervene - verb take place as an additional or unexpected development ex: The movies ending supervened what we were all thinking. 

truncate - adj. terminating abruptly by having or as if having an end or point cut off ex: The tree was truncate after it was cut.

unimpeachable - adj. beyond doubt or reproach; completely acceptable; not open to exception or reproach; free of guilt; not subject to blame ex: The building to the president was unimpeachable.