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Accoutrements (n., pl.)Accessory items of clothing or equipment; a soldier’s outfit
Syn: gear, equipage
**accessories
Apogee (n)
Farthest or highest point
Syn: zenith, apex, summit
Ant: nadir, bottom, perigee
** gee, that’s far!
Apropos (adj)Appropriate, opportune; (adv) relevantly; incidentally
Syn: pertinent, relevant
Ant: irrelevant
**appropriate
Bicker (v)
To engage in a petty or peevish dispute; to flicker, quiver
Syn: squabble, quarrel
Ant: concur, agree
Coalesce (v)
To blend together or fuse so as to form one body or substance
Syn: merge, combine, unite
Ant: scatter, diffuse, separate
**co - together
Contretemps (n)
An inopportune or embarrassing occurrence; a mishap
Syn: blunder, mischance, faux pas
** drop baton
Convolution (n)
A rolling up, coiling, or twisting together
Syn: twist, turn, complication
**volute – spiral or twisted formation (revolution)
Cull (v)To pick out or select; to gather or collect
Syn: glean, choose, pluck
** cullect
Disparate (adj)
Completely distinct or different
Syn: divergent
Ant: similar, homogeneous, uniform
**different
Dogmatic (adj)
Certain of the truth of one’s own ideas; inclined to state opinions as if they were fact
Syn: opinionated, authoritarian
Ant: open-minded; dispassionate
***tied to a dogma or set of beliefs
Licentious (adj)Morally or sexually unrestrained; no regard for accepted rules
Syn: wanton, dissolute, lascivious
Ant: chaste, modest, restrained, prudish
**no license for this behavior
Mete (v)
To distribute or apportion by or as if by measure; to allot
Syn: assign, parcel out
** ‘mete’ out meat at the soup kitchen
Noxious (adj)
Harmful to physical health or morals
Syn: pernicious, noisome, toxic
Ant: wholesome, salubrious
**toxic
Polemic (n)An aggressive attack on or refutation of a specific opinion or doctrine
Syn: diatribe, controversy
**political
Populous (adj)Full of people; filled to capacity
Syn: crowded, teeming, swarming
Ant; deserted, barren
**populated
Probity (n)
Complete and confirmed honesty; total integrity
Syn: uprightness, rectitude
Ant: corruption, immorality
**probably telling the truth
Repartee (n)
A swift, witty reply; skill in making such replies or conversation
Syn: retort, comeback, verbal sparring
***may have many repartees at the party
Supervene (v)
To take place or occur as something additional or unexpected; to follow immediately after
Syn: ensue, succeed
Ant: precede, antecede
Truncate (v)
To shorten by or as if by cutting off, lop
Syn: trim, abbreviate, curtail
Ant; lengthen, elongate, extend
**chop tree trunk
Unimpeachable (adj)Beyond doubt or reproach; unquestionable
Syn: irrefutable, irreproachable
Ant: questionable, debatable, dubious
**not questionable
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