bryant's vocab

Gravitas
1. Seriousness in conduct or speech
2. noun
3. Syn: concentration, focus, serious
4. The gravitas used by the speaker made the audience fall asleep.Alacrity
1. promptness, readiness, willingness
2. noun
3. alertness, avidity, briskness
4. Her alacrity allowed her to always complete her homework on time.Recalcitrant
1. not obedient or compliant
2. adj
3. defiant, opposing, obstinate
4. The recalcitrant child was scolded many times.Propensity
1. tendency
2. noun
3. aptness, bias, susceptibility
4. His propensity was to run to the right side of the field instead of the left.Fallacious
1. deceptive, misleading
2. adj
3. invalid, irrational, reasonless
4. The fallacious question confused me into answering it incorrectly.