- The soldiers marched onto the battle field carrying their accoutrements.
2) Apogee: (n) the highest or most distant point; climax
- The best part of a book is when the reader teachers the apogee, the most intense part of the book.
3) Apropos: (adj. or adverb) opportune; pertinent; at the right time
- His arrival was apropos as he came right when it was his turn to go on stage.
4) Bicker: (verb or noun) to engage in petulant or peevish argument; an angry dispute
- The two siblings always bicker about what show to watch on tv.
5) Coalesce: (verb) to unite as one or come together
- The two lakes coalesced into one.
6) Contretemps: (noun) an embarrassing mischance; an inopportune occurrence
- She caused an contretemps by spilling her drink.
7) Convolution: (noun) a rolled up or coiled condition
- The supplies became a convolution when they were mixed together.
8) Cull: (verb) to choose; select; pick
- He decided to cull who would get the pink ribbon himself.
9) Disparate: (adjective) dissimilar; essentially different; distinct in kind
- The paintings were very disparate as they were not like each other.
10) Dogmatic: (adjective) opinionated; asserting opinions in an arrogant manner
- His statement was dogmatic as he was very opinionated in his opinion.
11) Licentious: (adjective) lewd; unrestrained by law or morality; disregarding rules
- He had licentious behavior as he never paid attention the rules.
12) Mete: (verb) to distribute or apportion by measure; allot
- She decided to mete the food evenly.
13) Noxious: (adjective) harmful or injurious to health or well-being; morally harmful
- The fumes were noxious as many people got sick from breathing them in.
14) Polemic: ( noun or adjective) a controversial argument; a person who argues in opposition to another
- He was a polemic as he always argued with people.
15) Populous: (adjective) full of residents or inhabitants; heavily populated
- The large city was populous as everyone wanted to live there.
16) Probity: (noun) integrity and uprightness; honesty
- She is a model of probity because she never lies.
17) Repartee: (noun) a quick, witty reply
- He was quick in repartee as he replied with a humorous comeback on the spot.
18) Supervene: (verb) to take place or occur as something extra or extraneous
- As the morning supervened, I gradually began to wake up.
19) Truncate: ( verb) to shorten or cut off
- His soccer career was truncated when he broke his leg.
20) Unimpeachable: (adjective) above suspicion; impossible to discredit; impeccable
- Since the evidence against the man was unimpeachable he was arrested.
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