Brandon Vocab 10/16

Gravitas
1. Serious tone or attitude
2. Sober in speech

Part of Speech
Gravitas is a noun
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Synonyms:
Grave, serious, and sober.
Sentence: His funeral speech was spoken with graviy.

Alacrity
1. Promptness
2. Readyness
3. Cheerful willingnes

Part of Speech
Alacrity is a noun.
Picture:
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Synonyms:
Eagerness, keeness, and zeal.
Sentence: The alacrity in which he obeyed amazed his mother.

Recalcitrant
1. Resisting authority
2. Disobedient

Part of Speech
Recalcitrant is an adjective.
Picture:
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Synonyms:
Resistant, rebellious, and opposed.
Sentence: The recalcitrant attitude the boy gave off got him a detention.

Propensity
1. Natural tendency
2. Lean or bent view point

Part of Speech
Propensity is a noun
Picture:
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Synonyms:
Bend, lean, and disposition.
Sentence: The teacher had a propensity to make life miserable for the children.

Fallacious
1. Deceptive
2. Misleading

Part of Speech
Fallacious is an adjective.
Picture:
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Synonyms:
Deceiving, deceptive, deluding.
Sentence: The boys story was fallacious.