VOCABULARY: FALL LIST #2

1. Accoutrements: Additional items of dress or equipment, or other items carried or worn by a person or used for a particular item. 
ex-She never leaves her house without her accoutrements.
2. Apogee: The highest point of something. 
ex-The White House is considered the apogee of American achievement.
3. Apropos: Very appropriate to a particular situation.
ex-The writer's reference to the child's play was apropos.
4. Bicker: Argue about petty and trivial matters.
ex-My brother and I bicker over irrelevant items.
5. Coalesce: Come together and form one mass or whole.
ex-We made a coalesce to keep warm.
6. Contretemps: An unexpected and unfortunate occurrence.
ex-Seeing my evil step mother was a contretemps.
7. Convolution: A coil or twist, esp. one of many.
ex-Her art project had elaborate convolutions.
8. Cull: Select from a large quantity; obtain from a variety of sources.
ex-You have to cull wisely, so you don't make a horrible choice.
9. Disparate: Essentially different in kind; not allowing comparison.
ex-An orange and a sandwich are very disparate.
10. Dogmatic: Inclined to lay down principle as incontrovertibly true.
ex-My brother speaks in a very dogmatic manner.
11. Licentious: Promiscuous and unprincipled in sexual matters.
ex-The movie, Taken, is all about licentious and drug use on young girls.
12. Mete: Dispense or allot justice, a punishment, or harsh treatment.
ex-Terrorists should receive mete and no get off free.
13. Noxious: Harmful, poisonous, or very unpleasant.
ex-Spiders can be very noxious when they bite you.
14. Polemic: A strong verbal, or written attack on someone or something.
ex-My sister experienced a polemic letter when she started dating this girls ex boyfriend.
15. Populous: Having a large population, densely populated.
ex-Sacramento is very populous and sometimes hard to drive through traffic.
16. Probity: The quality of having strong moral principles, honesty and decency.
ex-Some politicians aren't probity when they speak.
17. Repartee: Conversation or speech characterized by quick, witty comments or replies.
ex-When my friends and I have discussions, I respond with repartee.
18. Supervene: Occur later than a specified or implied event or action, typically in such a way as to change the situation.
ex-I hate to do supervened work when I just finished an assignment.
19. Truncate: Shorten by cutting off the top or the end.
ex-I want to truncate my sister's very long hair.
20. Unimpeachable: Not able to be doubted, questioned, or criticized, entirely trustworthy.
ex-I believe that the bible is unimpeachable.