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Usage

• alacrity

  If you do something with alacrity, you do it eagerly and quickly.

• propensity

  A propensity is a natural tendency towards a particular behavior.

• debility

  Debility is a state of being physically or mentally weak, usually due to illness.

• asperity

  Asperity is a sharpness or harshness of tone or manner; it can also indicate severity of a climate.

• gravity

  The gravity of a situation or event is its seriousness or importance.

• complicity

  Complicity is the involvement in or knowledge of a situation that is illegal or bad.

• probity

  Probity is very moral and honest behavior.

• levity

  Levity is an amusing way of speaking or behaving during a serious situation; it can lighten the moment but can also be considered inappropriate.

• felicity

  If you are experiencing felicity about something, you are very happy about it.

• temerity

  To act with temerity is to act in a carelessly and irresponsibly bold way.

• enormity

  If you refer to the enormity of a situation, problem, or event, you mean that it is very evil or morally offensive; this word has nothing to do with physical size.

• celerity

  If something moves or grows with celerity, it does so rapidly.

• amenity

  Amenities are things that make a place comfortable or easy to live in, such as hot water, updated bathrooms, and sports facilities.

• proclivity

  A proclivity is the tendency to behave in a particular way or to like a particular thing.

• paucity

  A paucity of something is not enough of it.

• propinquity

  The propinquity of a thing is its nearness in location, relationship, or similarity to another thing.

• verity

  The verity of something is the truth or reality of it.

• fecundity

  If someone, such as a writer, is described as having fecundity, they have the ability to produce many original and different ideas.

• serendipity

  Serendipity is the good fortune that some people encounter in finding or making interesting and valuable discoveries purely by luck.

• profundity

  When someone exhibits profundity, they display great intellectual depth and understanding; profundity can also be the depth or complexity of something.

• equanimity

  If you exhibit equanimity, you demonstrate a calm mental state—without showing upset or annoyance—when you deal with a difficult situation.

• acuity

  Acuity is sharpness or clearness of vision, hearing, or thought.

• duplicity

  If you accuse someone of duplicity, you think that they are dishonest and are intending to trick you.

• brevity

  Brevity is the quality of expressing something concisely, either in just a few words or in a very short time.

• magnanimity

  If someone exhibits magnanimity towards another, they show them kindness and noble generosity, especially after defeating them in battle or after having been treated badly by them.

• consanguinity

  Consanguinity is the state of being related to someone else by blood or having a similar close relationship to them.

• depravity

  Depravity is behavior that is immoral, corrupt, or evil.

• adversity

  If you undergo adversity in life, you suffer from trouble, misfortune, and hardship.

• affinity

  When you have an affinity for something, you have a natural liking for or connection to it.

• disparity

  When there is a disparity between two things, they are not of equal status; therefore, they are different or unlike in some way.

• fidelity

  Fidelity towards something, such as a marriage or promise, is faithfulness or loyalty towards it.

• infirmity

  A patient who is plagued by infirmity is weak in body or ill in health.

• ingenuity

  Ingenuity in solving a problem is using creativity, intelligence, and cleverness to do so.

• iniquity

  Iniquity is an immoral act, wickedness, or evil.

• longevity

  Longevity can either be having a long life or be the life span of a person or object.

• posterity

  Your posterity are all your future descendants or your future generations.

• proximity

  The proximity of one thing to another is its closeness or nearness to it in either space or time.

• sanctity

  The sanctity of something is its holiness or sacred quality.

• spontaneity

  Spontaneity is freedom to act when and how you want to, often in an unpredictable or unplanned way.

• integrity

  When a person exhibits integrity, they do what they should do, no matter what; therefore, they are honest, morally good, and honorable.

• prosperity

  When someone experiences prosperity, they have good fortune, financial success, and favorable circumstances.

• capacity

  The capacity of something, such as a container, is the ability it has to hold something.

• entity

  An entity is a separate thing or object that possesses reality or exists, such as a fish, a tree, a rock, or a water molecule.

• community

  A community is made up of people who live together in the same general area; this word can also refer to a group of people that shares similar interests.

• authority

  Authority is the power to command or control over something or someone.

• majority

  The majority in a group is what most or at least more than half of the people or the things in that group have.

• ability

  An ability that you have is something that you can do, such as swim or fly a plane.

• identity

  Your identity is who you are, that is, the things that make you up that make you different from everyone else.

• cavity

  A cavity is a hollowed-out area or hole in an otherwise solid object, such as a tooth or human body.

• minority

  The minority of a group is the people who are different in some way from the larger part of the group.

• opportunity

  An opportunity is something positive or good that is offered to you that you can choose to do if you want.

• quality

  The quality of something is how good it is or what sort of thing it is as compared with another thing like it.

• security

  Your personal security is how safe you are from attack or is being free from worry about losing something.

• quantity

  The quantity of something is how much there is of it.

• variety

  A variety of things is a number of different objects in a group of similar objects, such as different kinds of soup or many colors of pens.

• generosity

  If someone is known for their generosity, they are willing to share or give their time or money to others.