Thursday, October 18, 2007

Joe's Vocab

Gravitas
1. Noun
2. Being serious in context.
3. Seriousness, Intensity, Dignified
4. The teacher spoke with gravitas to the misbehaving students.
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Alacrity
1. Noun
2. Cheerful or eagerness
3. Enthusiasm, Motivation, Eagerness
4. Justin Verlander waited with alacrity for the baseball game to start.
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Recalcitrant
1. Adjective
2. Resisting authority, nonconforming
3. Pride, Rebel, Headstrong
4. The recalcitrant teenager refused to conform in society.
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Propensity
1. Noun
2. An inclination of doing something
3. Urge, Habit, Tendency
4. The baby has a propensity to cry when it's mother goes away.
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Fallacious
1. Adjective
2. Misleading or untrue
3. False, Untrue, Misleading
4. The child used a fallacious lie as a cover story.
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1 comment:

Julie Schellenberg said...

Joe,
Good job. You must indi\cate whether your related words are synonyms, antonyms, or etymology. (-5)
25/30