Spring Vocab #2

DEFINITIONS

• Accouterments-additional items of dress or equipment
• Apogee-the furthest or highest point; apex
• Apropos- with reference to; concerning
• Bicker-to engage in a petty quarrel; squabble
• Coalesce-to come together and form one whole  
• Contretemps-an embarrassing occurrence; mishap
• Convolution-a form of shape that is in curved lines
• Cull-to select from others
• Disparate-completely distinct or different in kind
• Dogmatic-characterized by or to the expression to opinion strangely or positively as if they were facts 
• Licentious-lacking legal or moral restraint
• Mete-to distribute by as if by measure; deal out
• Noxious-poisonous or harmful to health 
• Polemic-a controversy or argument especially one that is a refutation of or an attack upon an opinion
• Populous-containing many people or inhabitants; thickly settled 
• Repartee-a swift, witty reply
• Supervene-to follow immediately after; ensue
• Truncate-to shorten or to cut off
• Unimpeachable-beyond doubt or reproach; unquestionable