Brian Wilterink (late pass)

Gravitas

1. Seriousness in the way you speak.

2. Noun

3. Sincerity (synonym), Strict (synonym), Serious (synonym)

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5. The drill sergeant scared the crap out of the marine with the amount of gravitas he had in his voice

Alacrity
1. Ready for a task and prompt in responce.
2. Noun
3. Alacritas (etymology), Alacer (etymology), Prompt (synonym)
4. 5. Fighter pilots demonstrate great alacrity when responding to a military threat.

Recalcitrant

1. Not submitting to authority.
2. Adjective
3. Recalcitrans (etymology), Recalcitrare (etymology), Defiant (synonym)
4. 5. Often kids who are recalcitrant to their parents are sent to boot camp.

Propensity

1. A tendency to behave badly.
2. Noun
3. Naughty (synonym), Bad (synonym), Troublesome (synonym)
4. 5. Homer Simpson has the propensity to mis behave often.

Fallacious

1. Something that decieves or misleads.
2. Adjective
3. Incorrect (synonym), Deceptive (synonym), False (synonym)
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5. The fallacious testimony of the defendant lead to his imprisonment.