Monday, August 26, 2013

Vocabulary #2

accoutrements- additional items of dress.
The women wore a vail to mass, that vail was a accoutrements piece of clothing.
apogee- the point in the orbit of the moon when it is farthest from the earth.
The moon was apogee to the earth at 9 last night.
apropos-concerning
She made a apropos comment about the qualification of this new employee.
bicker- argue
He bickered with his little sister.
coalesce- come together and form one mass.
The bushes formed a coalesce row.
contretemps- an unexpected occurrence.
The travel home had contretemps experiences, making us arrive a day later.
convolution- lots of "twists"
The story has lots of convolution.
cull- select from a large quantity.
I chose that shirt from a cull selection.
disparate- not comparable. 
The twins were not disparate.
dogmatic- lay down principles.
The teacher was very dogmatic.
licentious- unprincipled.
That girl was crazy and licentious in the way she dressed.
mete- punishment.
The mom was mete when you did wrong.
noxious- harmful.
That food is noxious to your body.
polemic- a strong verbal attack.
The dad was very polemic towards the boy.
populous- large population.
New York is a populous city.
probity- strong moral principles.
The church girl has lots of probity.
repartee- conversations with witty comments.
The comedians have repartee conversations.
supervene- occur later than specified.
The performance was  supervene.
truncate- shorten by cutting off the top or end.
He truncated that piece of wood.
unimpeachable- cannot be doubted.
The Pope is unimpeachable in the Catholic Church.

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