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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 communicating by using just a few words or by taking very little time to do so.

• 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 struggle with trouble, bad luck, and difficult times.

• 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 uses creativity, intelligence, and cleverness.

• iniquity

  Iniquity is an immoral act, wickedness, or evil.

• longevity

  Longevity is the life span of a person or object; it can also refer to a particularly long life.

• posterity

  Your posterity are your children; they are also your future generations.

• proximity

  Proximity is how close or near one thing is to another.

• 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 someone has integrity, they do the right thing, no matter what; therefore, they are an honest and good person.

• prosperity

  When someone experiences prosperity, they have success and good fortune in their life.

• capacity

  The capacity of a container, such as a box or jar, is how much of something it can hold.

• entity

  An entity is a separate thing or object that is real and exists, such as a fish, a tree, or a rock.

• community

  A community is made up of people who live or do things together in the same area; members often like the same things.

• authority

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

• majority

  The majority in a group includes most—or more than half—of the people or things in that group.

• ability

  An ability is a skill you can do, such as swim or fly a plane.

• identity

  Your identity is the things that make you who you are; it shows how you are different from others.

• cavity

  A cavity is an empty space or hole in an otherwise solid object, such as a tooth or human body.

• minority

  The minority in a group includes the people or things that make up less than half of that group.

• opportunity

  An opportunity is something 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, from not good at all to very good.

• security

  Your security is how safe you are from attack or 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, such as different kinds of soup or many colors of pens.

• generosity

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

• calamity

  an event resulting in great loss and misfortune

• celebrity

  a widely known person

• normality

  being within certain limits that define the range of normal functioning

• parity

  (obstetrics) the number of liveborn children a woman has delivered

• regularity

  a property of polygons: the property of having equal sides and equal angles

• whimsicality

  the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment