accouterments: When you ride a skateboard, it is advised that you wear various accouterments, such as knee pads and a helmet.
apogee: In it's apogee, the moon is a quarter of a million miles away from earth. This is the farthest the moon is from earth.
apropos: The general's speech to his weary soldiers was very apropos on the eve of a crucial battle.
bicker: I passed by an old couple bickering over which movie to see.
coalesce: When news of bin Laden's death reached the American public, a good amount of people coalesced in back of the White House to celebrate.
contretemps: It was quite a contretemps when I tripped in front of my crush.
convolution: From all the convolutions of the building, it was tough to find your way out.
cull: They culled the world's greatest thinkers together to think of a way to deflect the asteroid that was barreling towards earth.
disparate: Although everyone in the group had disparate backgrounds, we all managed to get along and work together.
dogmatic: He was so dogmatic with his beliefs, he refused to listen to any ideas that countered his own.
licentious: Miley Cyrus's performance at this year's VMAs was quite licentious; she was near-naked, twerking on Robin Thicke, and using a foam finger as a faux penis.
noxious: The noxious fumes of the carcass soon engulfed the entire house.
polemic: The senator's polemic against same sex marriage was disgusting. It was condemned by many as a hateful tirade.
populous: New York, Los Angeles, and Hong Kong are all extremely populous cities.
probity: Someone with the utmost probity should become president of this country.
repartee
supervene: Riots supervened the jury's decisions to acquit the police officers who savagely beat Rodney King.
truncate: The gardeners had to truncate the top of the tree because it was getting too big and started to become a hazard.
unimpeachable: His alibi was unimpeachable; there was no way the prosecution could have tied him with the crime.
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