Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Toni's Vocab

Gravitas
1. picture separate

2. To have seriousness

3. noun

4. dignity, lorkliness, heaviness

5. Without gravitas, a person is nothing.

Alacrity
1. picture separate

2. Cheerful promptness or readiness

3. noun

4. eagerness, keeness, zeal

5. The girl approached the job interview with alacrity.

Recalcitrant
1. picture separate

2. Resisting authority or control

3. adjective

4. resistant, rebellious, opposed

5. The recalcitrant worker didn't like the changes in the office.

Propensity
1. picture separate

2. A natureal inclination or tendency

3. noun

4. bent, leaning, disposition

5. The president has a propensity for saying stupid things.

Fallacious

1. picture separate

2. Based on a fallacy; misleading

3. adjective

4. deceitful, fraudulent, unsound

5. The bankrobber gave the teller a fallacious note.

1 comment:

Julie Schellenberg said...

Toni,
You need to indicate whether related words are synonyms, antonyms, or etymology. (-5)
20/30 until I see pictures.