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