Building an Enriched Vocabulary Lesson 22

mercenary

• a hired profession soldier

• a swamp or bog

• unwarranted favoritism

• a longing to return to a sentimentalized past

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

moot

• debatable and therefore unresolved

• humdrum or everday

• countless, innumerable

• hazy, vague, or indistinct

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

morass

• a confused or degrading situation this is difficult to get out of

• a kind of multicolored cloth

• unwarranted favoritism shown to relatives or friends by someone in high office

• a beginner

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

motley

• multicolored; diverse or varied

• debatable and therefore unresolved

• humdrum or everyday

• wandering, roving

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

mundane

• humdrum or everyday

• countless, innumberable

• dominated by an excessive lover or admiration of oneself

• hazy, vague, or indistinct

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

myriad

• countless, innumberable

• existing in name only

• wandering, roving

• too small to be significant

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

narcissistic

• dominated by an excessive love or admiration of oneself

• motivated solely by a desire for material gain

• debatable and therefore unresolved

• too small to be significant

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

nebulous

• hazy, vague, or indistinct

• insignificantly small

• wandering, roving

• humdrum or everyday

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

negligible

• too small to be significant

• wandering, roving

• existing in name only

• countless, innumerable

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

nepotism

• unwarranted favoritism shown to relatives or friends by someone in high office

• a longing to return to a sentimentalized past

• a person who has just entered a religious order on a probationary basis

• a slight or subtle variation in meaning, expression, tone feeling, color, or the like

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E