-It is necessary for a soldier to carry all his accoutrements.
apogee - noun a final climactic stage
-The novel's apogee was reached when the criminal was finally found.
apropos - adj. of an appropriate or pertinent nature; adv. by the way; at an opportune time
-The priests actions were apropos for the funeral ceremony.
bicker - noun a quarrel about petty points; verb argue over petty things
-The students of fifth period bickered about what song to sing while Preston was gone.
coalesce - verb fuse or cause to grow together; mix together different elements
-The two chemicals coalesce when swished together.
contretemps - noun an awkward clash
-Contretemps are likely to occur with a couple with significantly different personalities.
convolution - noun the action of coiling or twisting or winding together
-The patient went into a convolution stage, where his actions and reactions were unexplainable.
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
-The old computers that were cull were set aside for being too slow.
disparate - adj. including markedly dissimilar elements; fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind
-The woman's disparate articles of clothing attracted many stares and she obviously enjoyed the attention.
dogmatic - adj. characterized by assertion of unproved or unprovable principles; of or pertaining to or characteristic of a doctrine or code of beliefs accepted as authoritative
-The church recognizes several dogmatic ideas, such as that of the ascension of the Virgin Mary.
licentious - adj. lacking moral discipline; especially sexually unrestrained
-The licentious woman could not keep her hands off of the man.
mete - noun distribute
-The man on probation could not cross the mete because he wasn't allowed to leave town.
noxious - adj. injurious to physical or mental health
-The noxious vapor was released into the air, harming hundreds of people.
polemic - adj. of or involving dispute or controversy over extreme causes noun a controversy (especially over a belief or dogma); a writer who argues in opposition to others (especially in theology)
-The polemic issue of abortion is often avoided.
populous - adj. densely populated
-The populous forest created a habitat for many animals.
probity - noun complete and confirmed integrity; having strong moral principles
-The police officer had kept to his original promise of protecting the people, and he was respected for his probity.
repartee - noun adroitness and cleverness in reply
-Repartee is a strategy used tremendously throughout "Waiting for Godot."
supervene - verb take place as an additional or unexpected development
-The second band was supervene, but everyone enjoyed hearing good music for free.
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 soldier's leg was truncated because he had stepped on a mine during combat.
unimpeachable - adj. beyond doubt or reproach; completely acceptable; not open to exception or reproach; free of guilt; not subject to blame
-Jesus Christ is highly regarded as unimpeachable.
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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
-The old computers that were cull were set aside for being too slow.
disparate - adj. including markedly dissimilar elements; fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind
-The woman's disparate articles of clothing attracted many stares and she obviously enjoyed the attention.
dogmatic - adj. characterized by assertion of unproved or unprovable principles; of or pertaining to or characteristic of a doctrine or code of beliefs accepted as authoritative
-The church recognizes several dogmatic ideas, such as that of the ascension of the Virgin Mary.
licentious - adj. lacking moral discipline; especially sexually unrestrained
-The licentious woman could not keep her hands off of the man.
mete - noun distribute
-The man on probation could not cross the mete because he wasn't allowed to leave town.
noxious - adj. injurious to physical or mental health
-The noxious vapor was released into the air, harming hundreds of people.
polemic - adj. of or involving dispute or controversy over extreme causes noun a controversy (especially over a belief or dogma); a writer who argues in opposition to others (especially in theology)
-The polemic issue of abortion is often avoided.
populous - adj. densely populated
-The populous forest created a habitat for many animals.
probity - noun complete and confirmed integrity; having strong moral principles
-The police officer had kept to his original promise of protecting the people, and he was respected for his probity.
repartee - noun adroitness and cleverness in reply
-Repartee is a strategy used tremendously throughout "Waiting for Godot."
supervene - verb take place as an additional or unexpected development
-The second band was supervene, but everyone enjoyed hearing good music for free.
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 soldier's leg was truncated because he had stepped on a mine during combat.
unimpeachable - adj. beyond doubt or reproach; completely acceptable; not open to exception or reproach; free of guilt; not subject to blame
-Jesus Christ is highly regarded as unimpeachable.
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