Lexicon
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Modicum
Modicum
Noun: a small quantity of a particular thing, especially something considered desirable or valuable.
Modicum continues an unplanned theme of words with a Latin base. The english lexicon is rife with words meaning a small amount of something like a dash, a drop a pinch a hint or a tinge. Modicum, however, has a blush of describing not only something that you have a small amount of, but is also something that you want to have.
Caveat
Caveat
Noun: a warning or proviso of specific stipulations, conditions or limitations.
Caveat comes from Latin and means, literally, “let a person beware.” A caveat is a warning of sorts that a certain action might be contingent on other things. For example, a parent might let a child borrow a car with the caveat that the child only have one other passenger.
