Thursday, October 18, 2007

Matt Jablonski's Week 5 Vocab

Gravitas
Description: The use of serious and/or correctness when speaking.
Part of speech: Noun
3 related words: Dignity, announcement, and speech.
Sentence: The president should always uses proper gravitas when giving a speech.
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Alacrity
Description: Someone that is cheerful, alert, and willing to help.
Part of speech: Noun
3 related words: Happy, liveliness, and keen.
Sentence: Whenever I am having a bad day, my friends are always around to help with alacrity.
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Recalcitrant
Description: Someone or something that is difficult to control; not obedient.
Part of speech: Adjective
3 related words: Disobedient, resist, and troublesome.
Sentence: The dog was recalcitrant when it would not go outside to use the bathroom.
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Propensity
Description: A natural tendency one has.
Part of speech: Noun
3 related words: Nervous reaction, tick, and inclination.
Sentence: When one gets nervous, they have the propensity to sweat.
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Fallacious
Description: Something that does not logically make sense.
Part of speech: Adjective
3 related words: Deceptive, misleading, and delusive.
Sentence: The defendants arguments were fallacious.
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1 comment:

Julie Schellenberg said...

Matt,
You need to indicate whether your related words are antonyms, synonyms, or etymology. (-5)
25/30