Vocabulary: Spring List 2

Accoutrements- To outfit and quip, esp. for a particular purpose
(Many action figures come with tiny accoutrements that are certainly to fall off.)
Apogee- The farthest or highest point
(The last and most apogee root of our ancestors was found in Washington where are great-great grandmother lives.)
Apropos- Appropriate; pertinently
(Adding a hook to the end of an article is apropos if the author intends to have a great finish later.)
 Bicker- To engage in petty quarreling; squirreling
(Letting someone bicker can help them express their emotions deep down.)
Coalesce- To grow or come together as a whole
(To sustain a perfect graded project a group has to coalesce because two is better than one.)
Contretemps- An inopportune or embarrassing moment
(The moment someone exploits gas in a room is one of many contretemps)
Convolution- A torturous winding, testing together; An intricacy
(This class implements a convolution from the source to the destination)
Cull- To pick out from others; collect, gather
(Cull of livestock in the light of brucellosis cases in Scotland)
Disparate- Completely cliff; dissimilar
(Disparate strands of hair are between the colors blue and orange.)
Dogmatic- Marked by an authoritarian; arrogant assertion of principles
(You become dogmatic because you believe truth can be nailed down in words.)
Licentious- Morally unrestrained; immoral
(The witness implies licentious behavior, or by embracing false doctrine)
Mete- A lot; to deal out
(Johna has meted out his medication.)
Noxious- Injurious to health or morals
(Well, whatever his literary merits, he struck me as a fairly noxious human.)
Polemic- A controversy argument
(The lawyer had a point in his polemics but according to the people, it wasn't good enough)
Populous- Thickly settled or populated
(California is a well populous state of residency in the nation)
Probity- Integrity; honesty
(The government always states to probity but some people have spoken their opinion.)
Repartee- A swift, witty reply
(The smart repartee had left an effect and had every employee just about quit)
Supervene- Occur at something unexpected
(Scientist and psychologist supervene the event of a babies brain development after birth)
Truncate- To shorten by
(To fit 35 individuals who want to see one counselor, we'll need to truncate them by groups)
Unimpeachable- Beyond doubt or question
(What unimpeachable authority do campus securitie's quite have?)