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Nascent

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Describing The beginning of something
My nascent confidence in this word

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Nadir

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The lowest point

Today was the nadir of my life

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Natty

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current in style, both of dress and manners.

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Naught

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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!”

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Nebulous

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Lacking clear definition

In the mist the trees look nebulous
The nebulous distinction between pride and conceit

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Necromancy

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Black magic

Conjuring up the dead for prophesying

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Nefarious

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Evil and wickid

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Neophyte

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A new participant in an activity

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Nepotism

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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.

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Nether

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The lower region or part

Nether lip

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Nettle

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To annoy

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Neurotic

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Affected by an emotional disorder

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Nexus

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1 the one toon between things

2 the center of an object or most important aspect

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Niggle

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To argue about stupid things

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Nihilism

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The philosophy that there is nothing worth believing in–reject morality.

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Noetic

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adj
of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind
Not instinct, intellectual thought part

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Noisome

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Stinky

Causing nausea

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Nomenclature

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The system of naming things in a new milieu.
Biological nomenclature

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Nominal

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A small amount

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Nonentity

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An unimportant person

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Nonpareil

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Non par ELL
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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.
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The colored beads of sugar on cookies.
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Nonplus

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To baffle or confuse

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Normative

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Describing normal things.

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Nostrum

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A fake cure all drug

Placebo

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Notoriety

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Noun
Being known for something infamous and bad

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Nubile

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NU bie uhl

Of young women, suitable for marriage

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Nugatory

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NU ga tor y
Worthless
Having no value

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Numismatist

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MIZ

Coin collector

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Nuptial

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NUHP shuhl

Related to a wedding

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Nuptials

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A wedding ceremony