Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Spring Vocabulary #2

1. Accoutrements - to outfit and equip, especially for a purpose
2. Apogee - the farthest or highest point
3. Apropos - appropriately; pertinently
4. Bicker - to engage in petty quarreling ( to disagree angrily)
5. Coalesce - to grow or come together so as to form one whole
6. Contretemps - inopportune or embarrassing occurence
7. Convolution - tortuous winding, folding, or twisting together
8. Cull - to pick out, select; to gather, collect
9. Disparate - completely distinct or different; dissimilar
10. Dogmatic - marked by an authoritarian, often arrogant assertion of principles
11. Licentious - morally unrestrained
12. Mete - to deal out; allot
13. Noxious - injurous to health or morals
14. Polemic - controversy, argument, or refutation
15. Populous - thickly settled or populous
16. Probity - integrity, and honesty
17. Repartee - a swift, witty reply; conversation characterized
18. Supervene - to come or occur as something extraneous, additional, or unexpected
19. Truncate - to shorten by or as if by cutting off the end
20. Unimpeachable - beyond doubt or question

SENTENCES:
1. I bought some accoutrements to replace the old wind turbines because they were really beaten up by the weather.
2. My apogee in life is to be in an environmental studies career, whether it be an engineer or a lawyer for the environment.
3. The student` s comment was not apropos because he said somtehing very disrespectful and racist.
4. The elder lady on the bus, going home from school, always bickers with someone that doesn` t seem to know her very well.
5. Mega search engine Google and thermostat maker Nest have coalesced to provide the typical American home a more personalized and "smart home" experience with reminders and advertisements for your specific type of lifestyle.
6. A TV show where they air lots of funny contretemps is America`s Funniest Videos on ABC, and it shows how people can really just be nonresponsive to the world around them.
7. Convolutions were a typical and common thing in medieval times because if you could torture the prisoner, you could get their confessions out and be pardoned, or just sentenced to death.
8. I like to cull out the nice pieces of paper when I am doing a project because I like it when my paper is clean and neat.
9.  You are totally disparate from your cousin; you have no athletic skills and don`t have very good academic grades.
10. The college and career counselor is very dogmatic when it comes to deadlines because she wants us to be responsible for our own things now and in the future.
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