Her doll came with tiny accoutrements to play with.
apogee: the highest or most distant point; climax.
The ball was hit at its apogee, for maximum strength and efficiency.
apropos: opportunely; opportune.
Her shirt was apropos to the theme of the party.
bicker: to engage in petulant or peevish argument; to glitter.
They always seemed to bicker about their differences.
coalesce: to blend or come together.
The two water drops eventually coalesced into one giant blob of water.
contretemps: an embarrassing mischance.
Her contretemps proved how much of a klutz she was.
convolution: a rolled up or coiled condition.
The burrito was a convolution of flavors.
cull: to choose; select; pick.
She had to cull which wedding dress she wanted.
disparate: distinct in kind; essentially different.
The colors of their skin were disparate, but they were still equal.
dogmatic: asserting opinions in a doctrinaire or arrogant manner; opinionated.
Her opinions were dogmatic and no one appreciated them.
licentious: going beyond customary or proper bounds or limits; disregarding rules.
His licentious way of ignoring him really made him angry.
mete: to distribute or apportion by measure; allot.
He meted out his family's dinner plate by plate.
noxious: harmful or injurious to health or physical well-being.The noxious fumes were engulfing the house.
polemic: a person who argues in opposition to another.
He was a polemic when he disagreed with his sister.
populous: jammed or crowded with people.
There's no more populous place than Times Square on New Year's Eve.
probity: integrity and uprightness; honesty.
Her probity shone through when she told her mother how she broke her favorite plate.
repartee: a quick, witty reply.
Her repartee was so fast that her dad didn't know what to say.
supervene: to take place or occur as something additional or extraneous. To ensue.
Arthritis soon supervened, and her she couldn't play tennis anymore.
truncate: to cut short.
She truncated his speech very rudely.
unimpeachable: impossible to discredit.
She had unimpeachable motives to ruin her enemy's life.
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