Heather's vocab 10/19/07

Gravitas

1. Serious
2. Noun
3. important, dedicated, significance
4. The teacher had gravitas while lecturing the class.
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Alacrity

1. Cheerful, readiness
2. Noun
3. promptness, enthusiasm, eagerness
4. You could tell that the cheerleaders had a large amount of alacrity.
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Recalcitrant

1. Hard to deal with.
2. Adj.
3. unruly, disobedient, headstrong
4. The naughty kid was becoming very recalcitrant once i told him it was nap time.
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Propensity

1. A natural inclination
2. Noun, plural
3. Tendency, inclination, disposition
4. The guy at the bar had a propensity to drink too much.
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Fallacious

1. Misleading
2. Adj.
3. untrue, mythical, wrong
4. The boy gave a fallacious reason for skipping class.
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