Thursday, October 18, 2007

Kyle's Vocab

Gravitas
1. Gravitas means to be serious
2. Gravitas is a noun
3. Synonyms: important, dedicated, significance
4. Al Gore speaks with a lot of Gravitas.
5. http://msnbcmedia2.msn.com/j/ap/87dc6ba3-3063-4347-9c54-dfc76510d91b.widec.jpg

Alacrity
1. Alacrity is readiness.
2. Alacrity is a noun
3. Synonyms: promptness, enthusiasm, eagerness
4. The fighter readied his weapon with surprising alacrity.
5. http://www.wordcommand.com/images/alacrity-d.gif

Recalcitrant
1. Recalcitrant means hard to deal with.
2. Recalcitrant is an adjective.
3. Synonyms: unruly, disobedient, headstrong
4. People with large egos are often recalcitrant.
5. http://www.grun.is/signs/leo.gif

Propensity
1. Propensity is a natural inclination
2. Propensity is a noun
3. Synonyms: Tendency, inclination, disposition
4. The boy took to working with his hands with propensity.
5. http://placebooracle.rochaweb.com/figures/propensity.gif

Fallacious
1. Fallacious means misleading
2. Fallacious is an adjective.
3. Synonyms: untrue, mythical, wrong
4. Al Gore is a perfect example of a fallacious speaker.
5. http://rightwingcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/al_gore_mad.jpg

1 comment:

Julie Schellenberg said...

Kyle,
Your pictures for "alacrity" and "propensity" are simply pictures of the words! No credit for them. (-2)
28/30