Essential Words "N", "O"

Question 1

necromancy (n)

Answer 1

black magic. büyücülük, ruh çağırma.

Question 2

negate (v)

Answer 2

to cancel out, nullify. çürütmek, aksini ispatlamak, boşa çıkarmak.

-The soldiers’ poor treatment of the prisoners negated the goodwill they had built up among the population.

Question 3

neologism (n)

Answer 3

new word or expression.

Question 4

neophyte (n)*

Answer 4

novice (acemi), beginner.

Question 5

nexus (n)

Answer 5

a means of connection, a connected group or series, a center.
-Wall Street is the nexus of America’s financial system.

Question 6

nonplussed (adj)

Answer 6

bewildered (şaşkın, afallamış). ne yapacağını bilemeyen, hayretler içinde, eli ayağına dolaşmış.

Question 7

nostrum (n)

Answer 7

medicine or remedy of doubtful effectiveness; supposed cure. kocakarı ilacı.

Question 8

nugatory (adj)

Answer 8

trifling; invalid. faydasız, abes, değersiz.

Question 9

obdurate (adj)*

Answer 9

stubborn. inatçı, boyun eğmez.

Question 10

obsequious (adj)*

Answer 10

overly submissive. itaatkar. yağcı.

Question 11

obsequy (n)

Answer 11

funeral ceremony.

Question 12

obviate (v)*

Answer 12

to make unnecessary; to anticipate and prevent. üstesinden gelmek, halletmek, gidermek, çare bulmak.

-An experienced physician can often discern if a patient’s symptoms are psychomatic thus obviating the need for expensive medical tests.

Question 13

occlude (v)*

Answer 13

to shut, block. tıkamak, kapatmak, absorbe etmek.

Question 14

occult (adj)

Answer 14

relating to practices connected with supernatural phenomena.

Question 15

odyssey (n)

Answer 15

a long adventurous voyage; a quest

Question 16

officious (adj)*

Answer 16

too helpful, meddlesome. fazla ilgi gösteren, yılışık, işe karışan.

Question 17

olfactory (adj)

Answer 17

concerning the sense of smell.

Question 18

onerous (adj)*

Answer 18

burdensome. eziyetli, zahmetli, meşakkatli.

Question 19

onomatopoeia (n)

Answer 19

formation or use of words that imitate the sounds of the actions they refer to. ses-anlam birlikteliği.

• One theory of the origin of language is that it began as a sort of onomatopoeia as early as humans imitated sounds they heard.
• the word “ping-pong”

Question 20

opprobrium (n)*

Answer 20

disgrace, contempt. aşağılama, hakaret, ayıp.

Question 21

ornithologist (n)

Answer 21

scientists who study birds.

Question 22

oscillate (v)*

Answer 22

to move back and forth. gidip gelmek, sarkaç gibi sallanmak, tereddüt.
-The teacher oscillates between a student-centered approach to teaching and a subject-centered approach.

Question 23

ostentatious (adj)*

Answer 23

showy, trying to attract attention, pretentious. gösterişli, dikkat çekmeyi seven.

-ostentatious display of wealth.

Question 24

overweening (adj)

Answer 24

presumptuous, arrogant, overbearing. kendinden fazlaca emin, kibirli, kendini beğenmiş.