Bo's Vocab

Gravitas

1. to be extremely serious

2. noun

3. Synonyms: solemn, critical, staid

4. The coach was gravitas before the playoff game.

Alacrity

1. to be cheerfully ready

2. noun

3. Synonyms: eager, quickness, speed

4. The students didn't have alacrity when they heard about the pop quiz.

Recalcitrant

1. hard to manage

2. adjective

3. Synonyms: headstrong, disruptive, disobedient

4. The noisy class was recalcitrant.

Propensity

1. extreme tendency to do something

2. noun

3. Synonyms: proneness, partiality, inclination

4. I have a propensity to sit at the same lunch table everyday.

Fallacious

1. deceptive or misleading

2. adjective

3. Synonyms: untrue, fake, wrong

4. I got the question on the test wrong because it was fallacious.