Wednesday, October 17, 2007

vocab week 6 ashley botham

  1. Gravitas-

Description: seriousness or sobriety, as of conduct or speech

Part of Speech: noun

Related Words: joking, substance, somber

Sentence: The president spoke with gravitas when he was discussing the war in Iraq.

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  1. Alacrity-

Description: cheerful readiness or willingness

Part of Speech: noun

Related Words: enthusiasm, quickness, eagerness

Sentence: The runners lined up with a sense of alacrity, they were ready to go!

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  1. Recalcitrant-

Description: resisting authority or control, hard to deal with.

Part of Speech: adjective

Related Words: resistant, rebellious, and opposed

Sentence: The man who was arrested was acting recalcitrant with the police officer.

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  1. Propensity-

Description: a natural inclination or tendency

Part of Speech: noun

Related Words: bent, leaning, disposition

Sentence: The alcoholic had a propensity to drink too much.

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  1. Fallacious-

Description: deceptive, misleading, disappointing, delusive.

Part of Speech: adjective

Related Words: deceiving, mistaken, and invalid

Sentence: The witness gave a fallacious testimony.

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1 comment:

Julie Schellenberg said...

Ashley,
"Recalcitrant" is an adjective. You use it as an adverb (-1)
You need to indicate whether related words are synonyms, antonyms, or etymology. (-5)
19/30 until I see pictures.