Vocab List 11

Question 1

Caveat

Answer 1

A warning or caution; also, a cautionary qualification or explanation to prevent misunderstanding.

Question 2

Convivial; Conviviality

Answer 2

Relating to, occupied with, or fond of feasting, drinking, and good company; sociable.

Question 3

Demure; Demurely; Demureness

Answer 3

Characterized by shyness and modesty; reserved.

Question 4

Glean

Answer 4

1: To gather slowly or laboriously bit by bit.
2: To learn, discover, or find out with patient effort.
3: To gather grain left by reapers.

Question 5

Itinerant

Answer 5

(As adjective) Passing or traveling about a country; going from place to place; wandering; not settled.
(As noun) One who travels from place to place, especially for duty or business (as a preacher, judge, or salesperson).

Question 6

Morose; Morosely

Answer 6

Gloomy or sullen, as in a person or mood.

Question 7

Neologism

Answer 7

1: A new word, phrase, or expression.
2: A familiar word used in a new sense.

Question 8

Paltry

Answer 8

1: Trivial, meager, measly, utterly worthless.
2: Inferior, trashy; mean, despicable.

Question 9

Sophomoric; Sophomorically

Answer 9

1: Conceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature.
2: Of, relating to, or characteristic of a sophomore.

Question 10

Vapid; Vapidly

Answer 10

Lacking life and spirit; unanimated; insipid; flavorless; flat; dull (as vapid beer or vapid conversation).