Monday, August 26, 2013

Vocabulary #2

Accouterments: personal clothing or accessories of a soldier
"Each soldiers accounted memos were kept in personalized bags."

Apogee: the highest or most distant point, climax
"In the novel, The Notebook, the apogee is reached when Ali and Noah finally rekindle."

Apropos: at the right time, to the purpose
"Suddenly my quote seems apropos."

Bicker: to engage in a petulant argument
"Married couples tend to bicker more as the years go by."

Coalesce: to unite or come together as one community
"What we now know as the 'Amber Alert', causes a coalesce through out the community"

Contretemps: an inconvenient occurrence
"In most cases first dates attract contretemps that embarrass one of the two people."

Convolution: a rolled up or coiled condition
"A chance cannot be fulfilled in a convoluted mind state."

Dogmatic: to select or pick
"It was hard for the couple to cull what was best in their situation."

Disparate: distinct in kind or essentially different
"Different minds produce disparate ideas."

Dogmatic: asserting opinions in an arrogant manner
"Many civilians are dogmatic when it comes to our presidential election."

Licentious: unrestrained by law, lawless
"There are many who believe in a licentious country."

Mete: to distribute by measure
"When serving a snack in a classroom, you must mete the snack evenly."

Noxious: injurious to health or physical well being
"Fast food is noxious to our human bodies and can cause many diseases."

Polemic: a controversial argument between people
"In a courtroom, there are polemic opinion as to who is guilty for the crime committed."

Populous: heavily populated or inhibited
" the United States is the largest populous country around the world."

Probity: Uprightness or honesty
"Between friends there must be a probity level so each trust each other."

Repartee: a quick witty reply
"In awkward situations, there is always one person who make a repartee to lighten the mood."

Supervene: to take place or occur as something additional
" in many novels, there is always a supervene problem that takes place during the climax."

Truncate: to shorten by cutting off, cut short
"In arguments between child and parents, the child often tried to shorten the argument by being trim can't toward their parents word."

Unimpeachable: having the ability to be above suspicion
"Some criminals are hard to track down due to their unimpeachable acts."

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