Vocabulary 22 Practice

The other employers were bitter when their supervisor's son got the promotion. They were tempted to go to human resources and report the ______________.

• morass

• nepotism

• narcissism

• mercenary

The company I work for is so old fashioned. Trying to start a new initiative is like wading through a ______________ or red tape and paperwork.

• motley

• nebulous

• morass

• nuance

I wish I wasn't such a _____________ at this new game. I can't wait to get to the advanced levels.

• novice

• mercenary

• nuance

• mundane

When the teenager rear ended my car while she was talking on her self phone, I decided not to file an issue claim because the damage to my car was _____________.

• negligible

• mundane

• motley

• moot

The ____________ young man couldn't stop looking at himself using selfie mode on his phone.

• narcissistic

• mundance

• nominal

• motley

He was the _______________ head of the government and didn't have any actual power.

• nominal

• nuance

• nepotism

• novice

He had such a checkered career as represented by the _______________ assortment of jobs listed on his resume.

• mundane

• morass

• motley

• nuance

Once you learn to interpret the ____________ in a work of literature, you can say you have learned to read between the lines.

• nuances

• morass

• myriad

• nostalgia

Which of the following quality is not typically associated with a mercenary?

• greed

• strength

• patriotism

• skill

I have ______________ for a lazy days of summer and look forward to the end of the school year.

• nepotism

• nostalgia

• nebulous

• myriad