1518 Flashcards
necromancy
\ˈne-krə-ˌman(t)-sē\
D. black magic
E. The town accused her of witchcraft and necromancy.
nefarious
D. wicked
negation
\ni-ˈgā-shən\
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
negligible
\ˈne-gli-jə-bəl\
D. so unimportant that it can be neglected
E. A negligible amount of damage was done to the vehicle.
nemesis
\ˈne-mə-səs\
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.
neolithic
D. pertaining to the Stone Age
neophyte
\ˈnē-ə-ˌfīt\
D. a beginer
E. neophytes are assigned an experienced church member to guide them through their first year
nepotism
\ˈne-pə-ˌti-zəm\
D. special consideration to relatives, particularly in assignment to offices or positions
E. Nepotism has hurt the company.
nettle
\ˈne-təl\
D. to sting; to irritate or annoy
E. It nettles him that his younger coworker got a promotion before he did.
neurosis
\nə-‘ro-sis\
D. a mental disorder
E. Freude said when we can identify the origin of our neurosis , it goes away.
nexus
\ˈnek-səs\
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
nicety
\ˈnī-sə-tē\
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
niggardly
'ni-gərd-lē\
D. stingy, grudgingly mean about spending or granting
E. she’s a niggardly woman, so don’t expect a handout from her
nihilist
\ˈnī-(h)ə-ˌli-zəm\
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.
nocturnal
D. pertaining to the night
noisome
\ˈnȯi-səm\
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
nomadic
\nō-ˈma-dik\
D. moving from place to place
E. raised in a nomadic family, she attended half a dozen different high schools
nomenclature
\ˈnō-mən-ˌklā-chər\
D. a system for naming
E. the nomenclatures of zoology and chemistry
nominal
\ˈnä-mə-nəl\
D. pertaining to names; slight
E. The shares were sold for well below their nominal value. / We only pay a nominal rent.
nonchalant
D. cool; indifferent
noncommittal
-kə-ˈmi-təl\
D. not aligning oneself with any side or point of view
E. a noncommittal reply
nondescript
\ˌnän-di-ˈskript\
D. having few distinguished qualities; hard to classify
E. I work in one of the nondescript office buildings downtown. / Their performance was disappointingly nondescript.
nonentity
\nä-ˈen-tə-tē\
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
nonpareil
\ˌnän-pə-ˈrel\
D. without equal
E. the nonpareil beauty of Helen of Troy
