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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