accoutrement- additional items of dress of equipment, or other items carried or worn by a person, used for a particular activety.
-The doctors were prepared with all their accoutrements for the surgery.
apogee - noun apoapsis in Earth orbit; the point in its orbit where a satellite is at the greatest distance from the Earth; a final climactic stage
-The book was near it apogee when i was interrupted by a phone call.
apropos - adj. of an appropriate or pertinent nature; adv. by the way; at an opportune time
-The movie star got a leading role in perfect apropos in his career.
bicker - noun a quarrel about petty points; verb argue over petty things
-Joey and I bicker all of the time about random subjects.
coalesce - verb fuse or cause to grow together; mix together different elements
-The idea of being on a team over a season is to coalesce together to form a strong unit.
contretemps - noun an awkward clash
-As I was walking down the hall i created a contretemps movement between two other students.
convolution - noun the action of coiling or twisting or winding together; a convex fold or elevation in the surface of the brain; the shape of something rotating rapidly
-The convolution of the object is quite clear through the microscope.
cull - noun the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality; verb remove something that has been rejected; look for and gather
-I'm an over girls basketball players being seen as cull to the boys basketball team.
disparate - adj. including markedly dissimilar elements;fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind
-The dogs were disparate in their features.
dogmatic - adj. characterized by assertion of unproved or unprovable principles; relating to or involving dogma; of or pertaining to or characteristic of a doctrine or code of beliefs accepted as authoritative
-Theories are dogmatic in that they aren't necessarily proved.
licentious - adj. lacking moral discipline; especially sexually unrestrained
-The children were licentious in their early years of schooling.
mete - noun a line that indicates a boundary
- I think they are crossing the mete in their comments in class.
noxious - adj. injurious to physical or mental health
-The work load is noxious to our whole class.
polemic - adj. of or involving dispute or controversy; noun a controversy (especially over a belief or dogma); a writer who argues in opposition to others (especially in theology)
- People who run for offices are polemic in that they feed off of controversy.
populous - adj. densely populated
- China is populous.
probity - noun complete and confirmed integrity; having strong moral principles
-Brooke has earned probity through her hard work and dedication
.repartee - noun adroitness and cleverness in reply
- When the judges asked him questions his repartee was on point.
supervene - verb take place as an additional or unexpected development
-Nobody thought the teacher would supervene but she did surprisingly.
truncate - adj. terminating abruptly by having or as if having an end or point cut off; verb make shorter as if by cutting off; approximate by ignoring all terms beyond a chosen one; replace a corner by a plane
-The student thought that truncating the word would help him go through the question faster, bu tit actually made him get the question wrong.
unimpeachable - adj. beyond doubt or reproach; completely acceptable; not open to exception or reproach; free of guilt; not subject to blame
-The coach was unimpeachable in blame because he was very discreet
apropos - adj. of an appropriate or pertinent nature; adv. by the way; at an opportune time
-The movie star got a leading role in perfect apropos in his career.
bicker - noun a quarrel about petty points; verb argue over petty things
-Joey and I bicker all of the time about random subjects.
coalesce - verb fuse or cause to grow together; mix together different elements
-The idea of being on a team over a season is to coalesce together to form a strong unit.
contretemps - noun an awkward clash
-As I was walking down the hall i created a contretemps movement between two other students.
convolution - noun the action of coiling or twisting or winding together; a convex fold or elevation in the surface of the brain; the shape of something rotating rapidly
-The convolution of the object is quite clear through the microscope.
cull - noun the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality; verb remove something that has been rejected; look for and gather
-I'm an over girls basketball players being seen as cull to the boys basketball team.
disparate - adj. including markedly dissimilar elements;fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind
-The dogs were disparate in their features.
dogmatic - adj. characterized by assertion of unproved or unprovable principles; relating to or involving dogma; of or pertaining to or characteristic of a doctrine or code of beliefs accepted as authoritative
-Theories are dogmatic in that they aren't necessarily proved.
licentious - adj. lacking moral discipline; especially sexually unrestrained
-The children were licentious in their early years of schooling.
mete - noun a line that indicates a boundary
- I think they are crossing the mete in their comments in class.
noxious - adj. injurious to physical or mental health
-The work load is noxious to our whole class.
polemic - adj. of or involving dispute or controversy; noun a controversy (especially over a belief or dogma); a writer who argues in opposition to others (especially in theology)
- People who run for offices are polemic in that they feed off of controversy.
populous - adj. densely populated
- China is populous.
probity - noun complete and confirmed integrity; having strong moral principles
-Brooke has earned probity through her hard work and dedication
.repartee - noun adroitness and cleverness in reply
- When the judges asked him questions his repartee was on point.
supervene - verb take place as an additional or unexpected development
-Nobody thought the teacher would supervene but she did surprisingly.
truncate - adj. terminating abruptly by having or as if having an end or point cut off; verb make shorter as if by cutting off; approximate by ignoring all terms beyond a chosen one; replace a corner by a plane
-The student thought that truncating the word would help him go through the question faster, bu tit actually made him get the question wrong.
unimpeachable - adj. beyond doubt or reproach; completely acceptable; not open to exception or reproach; free of guilt; not subject to blame
-The coach was unimpeachable in blame because he was very discreet
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