Vocabulary List 3

Question 1

Caveat

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Convival

Answer 2

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

Question 3

Demure

Answer 3

Characterized by shyness and modesty; reserved.

Question 4

Foster

Answer 4

To promote the growth or development of something; to nurture.
Providing parental care though not connected through blood or legal ties.

Question 5

Glean

Answer 5

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

Question 6

Itinerant

Answer 6

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

Question 7

Morose

Answer 7

Gloomy or sullen, as in a person or mood.

Question 8

Paltry

Answer 8

Trivial, meager, measly, utterly worthless.

Inferior, trashy; mean, despicable.

Question 9

Sophomoric

Answer 9

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

Question 10

Vapid

Answer 10

Lacking life and spirit; unanimated; insipid; flavorless; flat; dull