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Vocab - Unit 22
Seniors
| word | definition | synonyms | antonyms |
|---|---|---|---|
| mercenary | n. hired prof. soldier | hired hand; soldier of fortune | (blank) |
| mercenery | adj. motivated solely by material gain | greedy, avaricious | altruistic |
| moot | adj. debatable and therefore unresolved | disputable | a foregone conclusion |
| moot | v. to bring up for discussion | v. broach | (blank) |
| morrass | n. a swamp or bog; a confused or degrading situation that is difficult to get out of | marsh; quagmire | (blank) |
| motley | n. a kind of multicolored cloth | (blank) | (blank) |
| motley | adj. diverse or varied | polychomatic | monochrome |
| Mundane | adj. humdrum or everyday | ordinary | heavenly, extraordinary; unique |
| myriad | adj. countless, innumerable | infinite | finite, limited |
| narcissistic | adj. dominated by an excessive love or admiration of oneself | self-centered, conceited, vain | self-critical |
| nebulous | adj. vague or indistinct | opaque, fuzzy | clear, well-defined |
| negligible | adj. too small to be significant | insignificant | significant |
| nepotism | n. unwarranted favoritism shown to relatives or friends by someone in high office | bias; partiality | (blank) |
| nominal | adj. esxisting in name only or insignificantly small | token, symbolic; trifling | excessive |
| nostalgia | n. a longing to return to a sentimentalized past | yearning | (blank) |
| novice | n. a person who has just entered a religious order on a probationary basis; or a beginner of any kind | postulant; trainee, rookie | expert, pro |
| nuance | n. a slight or subtle variation in meaning, expression, tone, feeling, color or the like | subtlety | (blank) |