Thursday, October 18, 2007

Stank's Vocab

Gravitas
- serious demeanor
- noun
- dignity, solemn. stern
- The teacher's gravitas was noticed by the students.
- http://blog.dreamhost.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/08/serious.jpg

Alacrity
- readiness or willingness
- noun
- enthusiasm, motivation, compliance
- We accepted the gifts with alacrity.
- http://www.rhodesfamily.org.uk/blog/2005/08/pix/motivation.jpg

Recalcitrant
- resisting authority or control
- adjective
- pride, rebellion, resist
- The teenagers had a recalcitrant attitude.
- http://thereedspace.com/uploaded_images/Art-of-Rebellion-2-709078.jpg

Propensity
- a natural tendency
- noun
- inclination, trend, habit
- His propensities were noticed on his workout routine.
- http://www.etontshirt.co.uk/designs/NT03-avoid-bad-habits.gif

Fallacious
- misleading or unsound
- adjective
- deceptive, ambiguous, false
- Her lies were extremely fallacious.
- http://www.crazy-jokes.com/pictures/misleading.jpg

1 comment:

Julie Schellenberg said...

good job, Stank.
30/30