KATIE'S VOCAB

Gravitas
Description: serious as in speech
POS: noun
Related words: sobriety, heaviness, substance
Sentence: There was much gravitas in my voice when I told my dad I crashed the car.

Alacrity
Descrption: Cheerfull and Ready
POS: noun
Related words: lively, brisk, promtness
Sentence: He prepared for the game with alacrity.

Recalcitrant
Description: Stubborn with authority
POS: adjective
Related Words: rebellious, resistant, opposed
Sentence: When the kid got called down to the office he was very recalcitrant.


Propensity
Description: a regular tendancy to do something
POS:noun
Related Words: inclined, inclination, penchant
Sentence: She had a propensity to bite her nails.

Fallacious
Description: intent to decieve
POS: adjective
Related Words: false, deceptive, unsound
Sentence: The defendant was fallacious while arguing his case.