Accoutrements - Additional items of dress or
equipment or worn by a person.
Ex.The models accoutrements were just for fashion and had
little value.
Apogee - Apoapsis in Earth orbit; the point in its
orbit where a satellite is at the greatest distance from the Earth.
Ex. The story had reached the apogee after the murder was
caught.
Apropos - An appropriate or pertinent nature; adv. by
the way; at an opportune time
Ex. The base runner stole home at the apropos time because
the catcher lost the ball.
Bicker - a quarrel about petty points; verb argue
over petty things
Ex. The two girls bickered over what color lipstick is better.
Coalesce - fuse or cause to grow together; mix
together different elements
Ex. The tree began to coalesce with the fence because it was
to close.
Contretemps - an awkward clash
The two guys always had contretemps over the girl who didn't
like either of them.
Convolution - 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 convolution in water was pulling leaves in and
sucking them down.
Cull - 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. The cull, younger son always was stuck watching his
brother from the sidelines.
Disparate - including markedly dissimilar elements;
fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind
Ex. The disparate foods were served in the same meal.
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 Catholics dogmatic religious views were argued by
atheist.
Licentious - lacking moral discipline; especially
sexually unrestrained
Ex. The licentious kids nowadays are doing things no
teenager should do.
Mete - a line that indicates a boundary
After their argument the couple creates a mete in the house
until they are even tempered.
Noxious - injurious to physical or mental health
Ex. Their noxious behavior almost injured the man on the
sidewalk.
Polemic - involving dispute or controversy; noun a
controversy (especially over a belief or dogma); a writer who argues in
opposition to others (especially in theology)
Ex. The adults got in a polemic while drunk in the bar over
the best tap beer.
Populous - densely populated
Ex. The populous city has a million more people than the
city ten miles away.
Probity - complete and confirmed integrity; having
strong moral principles
Ex. My mother raised me with probity.
Repartee - adroitness and cleverness in reply
Ex. After the snide remark made to him, he came up with a
repartee.
Supervene - take place as an additional or unexpected
development
Ex. I am following this path unless someone supervenes and
points me to another.
Truncate - terminating abruptly by having or as if
having an end or point cut off; verb make shorter as if by cutting off;
approximate by ignoring all terms beyond a chosen one; replace a corner by a
plane
Ex. The speech was truncated due to the power outage.
Unimpeachable - beyond doubt or reproach; completely
acceptable; not open to exception or reproach; free of guilt; not subject to
blame
Ex. The unimpeachable act of knocking out the shooter saved
a man’s life.
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