- I didn't have all the proper accoutrements necessary to create a realistic costume.
- The apogee in most action movies involves a car chase.
3. apropos: (adj) just right, opportune, fitting
- I found that the family gathering was not the most apropos time to announce my bad grades.
4. bicker: (v) to argue about something unimportant.
- Every time we get together my sister and I end up bickering.
5. coalesce: (v) to merge or unite things
- The two coaches decided to coalesce the separate programs to create one team.
6. contretemps: (n) an unfortunate occurrence, mishap.
- Kanye West interrupting Taylor Swift at the VMA's was a hilarious and unforeseen contretemps.
7. convolution: (n) difficulty, complication
- We had lost our map which presented a serious convolution in our road trip.
8. cull: (v) remove somebody or something as worthless, reject, discard
- There was too much excess footage so the director had to decide which scenes to cull.
9. disparate: (adj) very different, describes two things that cannot be compared.
- Ghana and the United States are two disparate places.
10. dogmatic: (adj) expressing rigid opinions, inflexible, unbending
- The preacher was dogmatic in his beliefs.
11. licentious: (adj) sexually immoral, unchecked by morality, pursuing desires selfishly and aggressively
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13. noxious: (adj) physically harmful, morally harmful
- We knew something went seriously wrong when we smelt noxious fumes during the experiment.
14. polemic: (n) passionate argument, controversial
- The outspoken girl launched an incredible polemic against animal cruelty.
15. populous: (adj) highly populated, overcrowded
- Costco is rather populous on pay-day.
16. probity: (n) moral integrity, correctness
- It is extremely difficult to find a politician with decent probity.
17. repartee: (n) witty talk
- My best friend and I often have conversations filled with humorous repartee.
18. supervene: (v) to follow immediately after, interrupt, appear, turn up
- The after party supervenes directly after the award show.
19. truncate: (v) shorten by removal, abbreviate
- The gardener found it necessary to truncate the shrubbery to boost curb appeal.
20. unimpeachable: (adj) impossible to discredit, flawless
- In my opinion Harry Styles is purely unimpeachable.
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