Answer:
1. meretricious: attracting attention in a vulgar manner
2. euphemisms: a vague statement substituted for one considered blunt or offensive
3.caravansary: a large inn
4. contingency: possibility
5. inexplicable: difficult or impossible to explain or account for
6. libertine: one who acts without moral restraint
7. expostulation: to dissuade or correct
8. traversed: to travel or pass across or over
9. scrutiny: close observation