C.
GAMBIT : CHESS :: FINESSE : BRIDGE
A gambit is an opening sacrifice of a low value piece in order to gain an advantage in the game of chess.
A finesse is an opening sacrifice of a low value card in order to gain advantage in the game of bridge.
'Wikipedia:Finesse' saves the day! ... Sure hope we don't see sentences this intense on the GRE!!
Alacrity - n. eager and enthusiastic willingness (as defined by The Princeton Review)
The alacrity with which students headed for the door when the bell rang was a sure indication that the class was boring.
Mnemonic: Someone with alacrity will lack resistance, or in other words they 'have willingness.'
ALACRITY : RECALCITRANT
A. Approval : Caustic
B. Complaisance : Dogmatic
C. Seditious : Resistant
D. Avarice : Generous
E. Profligation : Extravagant
TPBM might be parsimonious, and will share with the rest of the class what this word means in conventional definition form.
