Thursday, October 18, 2007

Nick's vocab

Gravitas
1. seriousness and/or sobriety
2. P.O.S: noun
3. Sentence: When Tom was pulled over by the cops he showed great gravitas.
4. Related Words: solemnness, focused; ant: sarcasm



Alacrity
1. cheerful readiness and willingness
2. P.O.S: noun
3. Sentence: Tom accepted the gift with alacrity.
4. Related Words: alertness, joyousness, zeal










Recalcitrant
1. resisting authority
2. P.O.S.- adj.
3. Sentence: Felons are normally recalcitrant when pulled over by the cops.
4. Related Words: contrary, defiant, insubmissive









Propensity
1. a natural tendency
2. P.O.S: noun
3. Sentence: Most people have the propensity to take a shower daily.
4. Related Words: ability, penchant, talent









Fallacious
1. logically unsound
2. P.O.S: adj.
3. Sentence: My friends and I always have fallacious conversations.
4. Related Words: bum, mistaken, untrue

1 comment:

Julie Schellenberg said...

Nick,
Related words need to be identified as synonyms, antonyms, or etymology. (-5)
25/30