Vocabulary #2

accoutrements: personal clothing, accessories, etc.
-Her accountrements were embellished with jewels.
 apogee: the highest point; climax
- The apogee in the story was when the little girl died.
 apropos: fitting; at the right time
- Adding that section seemed apropos.
 bicker: to engage in an argument
- The siblings bickered constantly.
coalesce: to grow together; unite to become one
- They coalesced into a single movement.
contretemps: an inopportune occurrence
- She decided to skip practice today because she had a bad contretemps with her coach.
convolution: a rolled up or coiled condition
- She never finished the novel because of the many convolutions.
cull: to choose; select
- He couldn't decide whether to cull the first one or the second.
disparate: distinct in kind; essentially different
- The team won despite their disparate skills.
dogmatic: asserting opinions in an arrogant manner
- The teacher was dogmatic in her views.
licentious: unrestrained by law or general immorality
- I have never met such a licentious girl.
mete: to distribute; to measure
- At the beginning of the day, the leader would mete out duties.
noxious: morally harmful; corrupting 
- The movie she watched was noxious.
polemic: a controversial argument
- Abortion is polemic.
populous: jammed or crowded with people
- An example of a populous place would be New York City.
probity: integrity; honesty
- She showed a lot of probity in her speech
repartee: a quick, witty reply
- John's repartee was amusing to the media.
supervene: to take place as something additional
- The comedian supervened at the end of the event.
truncate: to shorten by cutting off a part
- The author decided to truncate her novel.
unimpeachable: above suspicion; impossible to discredit
- The police questioned the unimpeachable witness.