Thursday, January 16, 2014

Spring Vocab 2

accoutrements: Pieces of clothing or equipment used in specific instances.
apogee: The highest point of something
apropos: To occur at an opportune time.
bicker: To squabble over something petty
coalesce: To come together to form one group
contretemps: An embarrassing or unfortunate event.
convolution: Something that is very complex and difficult to understand.
cull: To select or choose from a group
disparate: to be marked distinctly in quality or character.
dogmatic: To be characterized by very strong opinions as if they were facts.
licentious: To disregard strict rules of conduct
mete: to give out by measure
noxious: Physically harmful or destructive to living beings
polemic: A strong written attack against someone's beliefs
populous: Having a large population
probity: adherence to the highest principles and ideals
repartee: a conversation in which clever statements and replies are made quickly.
supervene: to result as an additional unexpected development.
truncate: to shorten by cutting off.
unimpeachable:not able to be doubted or questioned

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