List 2G Flashcards
munificence
A giving characterized by generous motives and extraordinary liberality.
munificent
Extraordinarily generous.
mutation
The act or process of change.
mutilate
To disfigure.
myriad
A vast indefinite number.
mystic
One who professes direct divine illumination.
myth
A fictitious narrative presented as historical, but without any basis of fact.
narrative
An orderly continuous account of the successive particulars of an event.
natal
Pertaining to one’s birth.
nauseate
To cause to loathe.
nauseous
Loathsome.
nautical
Pertaining to ships, seamen, or navigation.
navigable
Capable of commercial navigation.
necessitate
To render indispensable.
necessity
That which is indispensably requisite to an end desired.
necromancer
One who fortells the future by means of communication with the dead.
nectar
Any especially sweet and delicious drink.
nefarious
Wicked in the extreme.
negate
To deny.
neglectful
Exhibiting or indicating omission.
nestling
Recently hatched.
nettle
To excite sensations of uneasiness or displeasure in.
neuter
Neither masculine nor feminine.
neutral
Belonging to or under control of neither of two contestants.
niggardly
Stingy. (no longer acceptable to use)
nihilist
An advocate of the doctrine that nothing either exists or can be known.
precipitate
To force forward prematurely.
preclude
To prevent.
precocious
Having the mental faculties prematurely developed.
precursor
A forerunner or herald.
predatory
Prone to pillaging.
predecessor
An incumbent of a given office previous to another.
predicament
A difficult, trying situation or plight.
predicate
To state as belonging to something.
predominance
Ascendancy or preponderance.
preeminence
Special eminence.
preempt
To secure the right of preference in the purchase of public land.
preferential
Possessing, giving, or constituting preference or priority.
preferment
Preference.
prefix
To attach at the beginning.
prehensible
Capable of being grasped.
prehensile
Adapted for grasping or holding.
prelude
An introductory or opening performance.
premise
A judgment as a conclusion.
premonition
Foreboding.
preoccupation
The state of having the mind, attention, or inclination preoccupied.
preponderant
Prevalent.
preposterous
Utterly ridiculous or absurd.
prerogative
Having superior rank or precedence.
presage
To foretell.
