Vocabulary #2: Spring

Accoutrements - noun additional items of dress or equipment, or other items carried or worn by a person or used for a particular activity.
The soldier brought all his accountriements with him, no matter the necessity.

apogee - noun apoapsis in Earth orbit; the point in its orbit where a satellite is at the greatest distance from the Earth;a final climactic stage
The movie became much more exciting abruptly, it was a sort of apogee toward the end.

apropos - adj. of an appropriate or pertinent nature; adv. by the way; at an opportune time
As the hole opened up, I believed it was apropos to enter without waiting further.

bicker - noun a quarrel about petty points; verb argue over petty things
The two bickered on for a while, realizing they were both being stupid, and stopped.

coalesce - verb fuse or cause to grow together; mix together different elements
You can make some plants coalesce and become a hybrid, this is why we have Tangelos.

contretemps - noun an awkward clash
I heard a loud crash and expected contretemps between the two cats.

convolution - noun the action of coiling or twisting or winding together; a convex fold or elevation in the surface of the brain; the shape of something rotating rapidly
You must use convolution to create a spring.

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
We were very hungry so we had to cull many berry bushes to get enough food.

disparate - adj. including markedly dissimilar elements;fundamentally different or distinct in quality or kind
The difference was disparate in many ways, but he somehow managed to overlook them.

dogmatic - adj. characterized by assertion of unproved or unprovable principles; relating to or involving dogma; of or pertaining to or characteristic of a doctrine or code of beliefs accepted as authoritative
His policies and ideas proved he was dogmatic in the way he felt with people, which weren't based on anything.

licentious - adj. lacking moral discipline; especially sexually unrestrained
The boots were licentious, having not yet been broken by the academy.

mete - noun a line that indicates a boundary
I was a mete that blocked us, like the end of the world.

noxious - adj. injurious to physical or mental health
Noxious fumes poured out of the container and into the room, making me glad we wear masks.

polemic - adj. of or involving dispute or controversy; nouna controversy (especially over a belief or dogma); a writer who argues in opposition to others (especially in theology)
His ideas became polemic when he refused to accept the truth.

populous - adj. densely populated
New York City is extremely populous, the densest in the U.S.

probity - noun complete and confirmed integrity; having strong moral principles
He became probity, a better leader for us to follow.
repartee - noun adroitness and cleverness in reply
His repartee was just as good as expected.

supervene - verb take place as an additional or unexpected development
But some changes were supervening, causing us to make changes.

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
I felt like a truncate, as I walked into the room it fell silent.

unimpeachable - adj. beyond doubt or reproach;completely acceptable; not open to exception or reproach;free of guilt; not subject to blame
His ideas were unimpeachable, obviously, even though I disagreed.