Fall Vocab #2 

Accoutrements-  additional items of dress or clothing- Some people wear many accourtrements that are unnecasary.

apogee- the highest point of something- The apotheosis of something could also be described as an apogee.

apropos-adv. when a speaker thinks that someone's comment has no relevance to a situation or context.- The politicians answers were apropos.

Bicker- to argue- the brothers bickered on and on.

Coalesce- come together to form a singular unit- the football team coalsced to win CIF.

Contretemps- unexpected and unfourtunate occurance- The fire was a contretemps.

Convolution- a twisted interpretation- there was convolution over tupacs death.

Cull- select from a large quantity- the coach had a cull of players to choose from.

Disparate- So different there is no use for comparison- like apples and oranges

Dogmatic- Pricinples that are incontroversibly true- DNA in living systems is the central dogma to biology

Licentous- promiscuous- The dude was licentuous.

Mete- punishment- The judge allowed mete for the triple homicide killer.

Noxious- to feel like you want to throw up- the roller coaster made him noxious

Polemic-strong attack, ad hominen- the editorial was full of polemic letters toward Brobama. 

Populous- a region full of people- LA is a huge populous.

Probity- having strong moral principles- the puritans had probity.

Repartee- conversation with quick wity replies- talking with that clown was like having a repartee.

Supervene- occur later than planned, changes the situation- In the hangover, Doug's tardiness supervened the wedding.

Truncate-Shorten something by cutting the top or end- I truncated the grape vines in the vinyard.

Unimpeachable- not able to be doubted- Dogmatic things are unimpeachable