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Question 1

necromancy

\ˈne-krə-ˌman(t)-sē\

Answer 1

D. black magic

E. The town accused her of witchcraft and necromancy.

Question 2

nefarious

Answer 2

D. wicked

Question 3

negation

\ni-ˈgā-shən\

Answer 3

D. denial; the absence of positive quality

E. a ruling by the Supreme Court that many regarded as a negation of the basic right of privacy

Question 4

negligible

\ˈne-gli-jə-bəl\

Answer 4

D. so unimportant that it can be neglected

E. A negligible amount of damage was done to the vehicle.

Question 5

nemesis

\ˈne-mə-səs\

Answer 5

D. fair punishment; sth that seems to defeat a person constantly

E. He will be playing his old nemesis for the championship. / Batman is the Joker’s main nemesis and always foils his wicked plots.

Question 6

neolithic

Answer 6

D. pertaining to the Stone Age

Question 7

neophyte

\ˈnē-ə-ˌfīt\

Answer 7

D. a beginer

E. neophytes are assigned an experienced church member to guide them through their first year

Question 8

nepotism

\ˈne-pə-ˌti-zəm\

Answer 8

D. special consideration to relatives, particularly in assignment to offices or positions

E. Nepotism has hurt the company.

Question 9

nettle

\ˈne-təl\

Answer 9

D. to sting; to irritate or annoy

E. It nettles him that his younger coworker got a promotion before he did.

Question 10

neurosis

\nə-‘ro-sis\

Answer 10

D. a mental disorder

E. Freude said when we can identify the origin of our neurosis , it goes away.

Question 11

nexus

\ˈnek-səs\

Answer 11

D. a connection

E. the oft-repeated claim that any person on the planet can be connected to any other person through a nexus of six relationships

Question 12

nicety

\ˈnī-sə-tē\

Answer 12

D. exactness and delicacy; the state of being nice

E. the nicety of his argument / a woman too fond of the niceties of urban living to even consider becoming a farmer’s wife

Question 13

niggardly

'ni-gərd-lē\

Answer 13

D. stingy, grudgingly mean about spending or granting

E. she’s a niggardly woman, so don’t expect a handout from her

Question 14

nihilist

\ˈnī-(h)ə-ˌli-zəm\

Answer 14

D. the belief that nothing has any value, especially that religious and moral principles have no value

E. Her latest play is a nihilistic vision of the world of the future.

Question 15

nocturnal

Answer 15

D. pertaining to the night

Question 16

noisome

\ˈnȯi-səm\

Answer 16

D. harmful; offensive to the senses and especially to the sense of smell

E. a noisome remark about my weight that stuck with me for days / noisome garbage

Question 17

nomadic

\nō-ˈma-dik\

Answer 17

D. moving from place to place

E. raised in a nomadic family, she attended half a dozen different high schools

Question 18

nomenclature

\ˈnō-mən-ˌklā-chər\

Answer 18

D. a system for naming

E. the nomenclatures of zoology and chemistry

Question 19

nominal

\ˈnä-mə-nəl\

Answer 19

D. pertaining to names; slight

E. The shares were sold for well below their nominal value. / We only pay a nominal rent.

Question 20

nonchalant

Answer 20

D. cool; indifferent

Question 21

noncommittal

-kə-ˈmi-təl\

Answer 21

D. not aligning oneself with any side or point of view

E. a noncommittal reply

Question 22

nondescript

\ˌnän-di-ˈskript\

Answer 22

D. having few distinguished qualities; hard to classify

E. I work in one of the nondescript office buildings downtown. / Their performance was disappointingly nondescript.

Question 23

nonentity

\nä-ˈen-tə-tē\

Answer 23

D. sth that exists only in the mind; sth or sb of little importance

E. the arctic circle is a nonentity—you won’t see it on the way to the north pole / was so quiet he was almost a nonentity at the meetin

Question 24

nonpareil

\ˌnän-pə-ˈrel\

Answer 24

D. without equal

E. the nonpareil beauty of Helen of Troy

Question 25

nonplus

\ˌnän-ˈpləs\

Answer 25

D. to perplex

E. I was nonplussed by his openly expressed admiration of me.

Question 26

non sequitur

\ˈnän-ˈse-kwə-tər\

Answer 26

D. sth that does not follow logically from what went before

E. We were talking about the new restaurant when she threw in some non sequitur about her dog.

Question 27

nostalgia

Answer 27

D. homesickness

Question 28

notorious

Answer 28

D. widely and unfavorably known

Question 29

novice

\ˈnä-vəs\

Answer 29

D. a beginner

E. a book for the novice chess player

Question 30

noxious

Answer 30

D. harmful, unwholesome

Question 31

nuance

\ˈnü-ˌän(t)s\

Answer 31

D. a slight variation of color, tone, etc.

E. He listened to the subtle nuances in the song.

Question 32

nugatory

\ˈnü-gə-ˌtȯr-ē\

Answer 32

D. worthless

E. the congressional resolution has symbolic value only, as it relates to a matter governed by the states and is thus nugatory

Question 33

nullify

Answer 33

D. to make invalid or useless

E. The law has been nullified by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Question 34

nurture

Answer 34

D. to feed or raise (a child)

Question 35

nutrient

Answer 35

D. a food

Question 36

oaf

\ˈōf\

Answer 36

D. a big clumsy slow-witted person

E. anyone who took him for an oaf and tried to cheat him would be in for a nasty surprise

Question 37

obdurate

Answer 37

D. hardhearted; hardened; inflexible

E. He is known for his obdurate determination. / the obdurate refusal of the crotchety old man to let the neighborhood kids retrieve their stray ball from his backyard

Question 38

obeisance

Answer 38

D. a motion of reverance

Question 39

obese

Answer 39

D. very fat

Question 40

obfuscate

\ˈäb-fə-ˌskāt\

Answer 40

D. to make unclear; to confuse

E. Politicians keep obfuscating the issues. / Their explanations only serve to obfuscate and confuse.

Question 41

objurgate

Answer 41

D. to rebuke

E. particularly humiliating for the general was the White House’s objurgation of his misguided and unauthorized attempt at enunciating foreign policy

Question 42

oblation

\ə-ˈblā-shən\

Answer 42

D. an offering

E. “I pity people who do not care for Society. They are poorer for the oblation they do not make.”

Question 43

oblique

\ō-ˈblēk\

Answer 43

D. slanting; indirect

E. The extension was built at an oblique angle to the house. / He referred only obliquely to their recent problems.

Question 44

obliquity

\ō-ˈbli-kwə-tē\

Answer 44

D. the state of being oblique

E. her poetry is sure to satisfy those readers who readily confuse obliquity with profundity

Question 45

obliterate

Answer 45

D. to wipe out

Question 46

oblivion

Answer 46

D. forgetfulness