Thursday, October 18, 2007

reinke's Vocab for 10/18/07

Gravitas
Part of Speech: Noun
Description: Being Serious
Related Words: Strict, Joking, Dignified
Sentence: Rasheed Wallace never plays with any Gravitas during the preseason.

Alacrity
Part of Speech: Noun
Description: Cheerful or eagerness
Related Words: Enthusiasm, Readiness, Eagerness
Sentence: I was waiting with Alacrity for basketball to begin.
Recalcitrant
Part of Speech: Adjective
Description: Refusing to do what is told
Related Words: Unruly, Headstrong, Wayward
Sentence: My brother is recalcitrant to do what my mother tells him what to do.

Propensity
Part of Speech: Noun
Description: A habit or Tendency
Related Words: Bent, Leaning, Disposition
Sentence: I have a Propensity to be late to things.
Fallacious
Part of Speech: Adjective
Description: Deceptive or Misleading
Related Words: Untrue, Misleading, Wrong
Sentence: It is fallacious to not study for a test.

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