VOCABULARY 2

• Accoutrements: personal clothing, accessories, etc.
• The young man gathered his accoutrements and left for the station with his unit.
• Apogee:   the point in the orbit of a heavenly body, especially the moon, or of a man-made satellite at which it is farthest from the earth; the highest or most distant point; climax.
• The novel was rather dull, and the plot hardly ever left the ground until one of the characters was brutally murdered, forcing the novel to reach its apogee and making things much more exciting.
• Apropos:  fitting; at the right time; to the purpose; opportunely/opportune.
• Most clichés are found to be quite apropos as long as they are fitting to the situation or discussion at hand. 
• Bicker:  to engage in petulant or peevish argument; wrangle.
• It is unhealthy in a relationship to constantly bicker over every little thing.
• Coalesce:  to unite so as to form one mass, community, etc.
• The two raindrops on my window met and coalesced into one big raindrop.
• Contretemps:  an inopportune occurrence; an embarrassing mischance.
• She caused a contretemps by spilling red wine all over the new carpet.
• Convolution:  a rolled up or coiled condition.
• The artist rolled a piece of twine until it became a small, spiraled convolution that he could use for his work.
• Cull:  to choose; select; pick.
• The bird culled only the best twigs and branches for his developing nest.
• Disparate:  distinct in kind; essentially different; dissimilar.
• As the only African American President in the history of the United States, Barrack Obama is quite disparate in color from his predecessors. 
• Dogmatic:  asserting opinions in a doctrinaire or arrogant manner; stubbornly opinionated.
• The dogmatic reverend only allowed himself to believe that Baptism is the true way to salvation, and he never consulted with other cultures or beliefs. 
• Licentious:  unrestrained by law or general morality; lawless; immoral.
• Miley Cyrus displayed licentious behavior on national television through promiscuous dancing and sexual harassment.
• Mete:  to distribute or apportion by measure; allot; dole.
• I sat quietly as my parents meted a proper punishment for my behavior.
• Noxious:  harmful or injurious to health or physical well-being.
• In some science laboratories, safety masks must be worn, because it is detrimental to breathe in the noxious gases within the vicinity.
• Polemic:  a controversial argument, as one against some opinion, doctrine, etc; a person who argues in opposition to another; controversialist.
• Even after the Cold War era, the polemic against communism still exists today in democratic America.
• Populous:  jammed or crowded with people.
• China is so populous that its people have resorted to bicycling from place to place, because traffic is so bad.
• Probity:  integrity and uprightness; honesty.
• That young lady possesses such probity that I trust her to do the right thing under any circumstance.
• Repartee:  a quick, witty reply or skill in making quick, witty replies.
• Kids who are familiar with being bullied verbally eventually develop repartee against their bullies.
• Supervene:  to take place or occur as something additional or extraneous.
• Pneumonia could supervene if you do not take it easy while diagnosed with a soar throat.
• Truncate:  to shorten by cutting off a part; cut short.
• The announcer truncated the man in the middle of his horribly long speech in order to save the crowd from boredom. 
• Unimpeachable:  above suspicion; impossible to discredit; impeccable.
• President Reagan is known to be unimpeachable for doing magnificent things for our country.