Marissa's Vocab

Gravitas
Seriousness in the way you speak.
Noun
I could hear the grativas in my moms voice, and thats when i knew it was time to listen.
strict, stern, harsh

Alacrity
Willing and excited to do something.
Noun
The girl responded to me with such alacrity when i told him to take out the trash, that i thought he might be going crazy.
willing, ready, excited


Recalcitrant
Refusing to do what one is told.
Adjective
The recalcitrant dog only listened to his owner half the time.
Resistant, trained (ant.), rebelious


Propensity
A pattern behavior
Noun
When it comes to friving, i have a propensty to go too fast.
Habit, pattern, tendancy


Fallacious
Trying to mislead or deceive.
Adjective
The fallacious lies didnt throw me off, I knew she was up to something.
Mislead, trick, decieve

Kelsie's Vocabulary

Gravitas- Dignity

noun

Sym- seriousness, heaviness,and ant- goofy

The gravitas was obvious as the news reporter described the murder.

Alacrity-willingness/cheerful readiness

noun

Sym-enthusiasm, joyousness, and ant- aversion

Alacrity was increasing as one team advanced after another.

Recalcitrant-resistant to authority or control

Adjective

Sym- rebellious, radical, and disobedient

The recalcitrant teenager skipped school and received a detention.

Propensity-A tendency

Noun

Sym- weakness, partiality, and tilt

The woman had a propensity to eat.

Fallacious-based on fallacy/tending to mislead

Adjective

Sym- unreal, untrue, and ant- valid

The fallacious signs on the street caused a big traffic accident.

stacey richter 5th hour

Gravitas

description-serious behavior
POS-noun
Synonym-serious, not joking,feelings
sentence-The teacher became gravitas when his students were misbehaving.

Alacrity

description-cheerful or willing to do something
POS-noun
synonyms-eagerness, quickness, enthusiasm
sentnece- The sisters helped with the wedding alacrity.

Recalcitrant

description- not obeying, going against the authority
POS- adjective
synonyms- defiant, opposing, unwilling
sentence- There was a recalcitrant child when his mom told him to pick up his toys.

Propensity

description- naturally thinking of doing an act
POS- noun
synonyms- ability, talent, tendency
sentence- The horses have a propensity to run away from a predator.

Fallacious

decription- misleading or disceptive
POS- adjective
synonyms- deceptive, deluding, misleading
sentence- The shepard told the city people a fallacious story about a wolf killing his sheep.