N Flashcards
Nascent
NAY
A
Describing The beginning of something
My nascent confidence in this word
Nadir
The lowest point
Today was the nadir of my life
Natty
A
current in style, both of dress and manners.
Naught
Quantity Ofvno importance
When things come to naught, they’ve come to nothing. If you feel bad about ending up with nothing, you can also say “It was all for naught!”
Nebulous
Lacking clear definition
In the mist the trees look nebulous
The nebulous distinction between pride and conceit
Necromancy
Black magic
Conjuring up the dead for prophesying
Nefarious
Evil and wickid
Neophyte
A new participant in an activity
Nepotism
NEH poe tizm is the practice of favoritism based on kinship, like when the coach chooses his own kid to be the quarterback even if his kid stinks at football.
Nether
The lower region or part
Nether lip
Nettle
V
To annoy
Neurotic
Affected by an emotional disorder
Nexus
1 the one toon between things
2 the center of an object or most important aspect
Niggle
To argue about stupid things
Nihilism
The philosophy that there is nothing worth believing in–reject morality.
Noetic
adj
of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind
Not instinct, intellectual thought part
Noisome
Stinky
Causing nausea
Nomenclature
NO-
The system of naming things in a new milieu.
Biological nomenclature
Nominal
A small amount
Nonentity
EN
An unimportant person
Nonpareil
Non par ELL N or A Use nonpareil to describe someone or something that is beyond compare, an absolute model of perfection of a particular thing. Jane Austen was a writer nonpareil, and James Bond a spy nonpareil. N The colored beads of sugar on cookies.
Nonplus
To baffle or confuse
Normative
Describing normal things.
Nostrum
A fake cure all drug
Placebo
