Tuesday, September 2, 2014

Vocabulary #2

accoutrements- noun. additional items of dress or equipment, or other items carried or worn by a person or used for a particular activity
* Putting on my accoutrements for paintball was a tedious process.
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
* I wonder if our cell phone service is slower when earth is at apogee.
apropos - adj. of an appropriate or pertinent nature; adv. by the way; at an opportune time
* Apropos is referring to or regarding a certain matter of a subject.
bicker - noun. a quarrel about petty points; verb argue over petty things
* I always hear noisy women bickering about, who said what.
coalesce - verb fuse or cause to grow together; mix together different elements
* When doing experiments in chemistry you usually have to coalesce chemicals to cause a reaction.
contretemps - noun. an awkward clash
* I dislike contretemps that happen when I'm dancing.
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
*  A seizure is a great example convolution, because your muscles contract and relax repeatedly.
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
* People that are prideful about their status in society usually set a group of people as culls.
disparate - adj. including markedly dissimilar elements;fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind
* Disparate are things that are completely different from eachother.
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
* Most religions are looked on as dogmatic because they apparently have no hard proof that there is a higher supernatural being or beings.
licentious - adj. lacking moral discipline; especially sexually unrestrained
* Licentious people think of sex as something just for pleasure.
mete - noun a line that indicates a boundary
* The mete between the United States and Mexico officially separates the land.
noxious - adj. injurious to physical or mental health
* A noxious person can be doing self harm to themselves, because they are not in the right state of mind.
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)
* Someone who is extremely religious may have a lot of polemic arguments with someone that does not have the same views as them.
populous - adj. densely populated
* Santa Maria is very populous.
probity - noun. complete and confirmed integrity; having strong moral principles
* Probity is something you don't find very often these days because many have forgotten there morals.
repartee - noun. adroitness and cleverness in reply
* If only someones adroitness would spread to me so I could be as clever as them.
supervene - verb take place as an additional or unexpected development
* I find it extremely funny when parents send chaperones   to supervene on their children.
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
* My guitar lessons ended truncately because my instructor went to Hawaii. 
unimpeachable - adj. beyond doubt or reproach; completely acceptable; not open to exception or reproach; free of guilt; not subject to blame
* I had so much hard proof of my argument that it was impeachable. 

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