"N-" Vocabulary

Question 1

Nadir

Answer 1

Low point, perigee (n)

Question 2

Nascent

Answer 2

Coming into being; early developmental stages (adj)

Question 3

Natty

Answer 3

Trimly neat and tidy (adj)

Question 4

Nebulous

Answer 4

Vague, cloudy, lacking clearly defined form (adj)

Question 5

Neologism

Answer 5

A new word, expression, or usage (n)

Question 6

Neophyte

Answer 6

A recent convert; a beginner; a novice (n)

Question 7

Nettle

Answer 7

To irritate, annoy, or provoke (v)

Question 8

Nexus

Answer 8

A connection, tie, or link (n)

Question 9

Nice

Answer 9

Exacting, extremely or even excessively precise; done with delicacy or skill (adj)

Question 10

Noisome

Answer 10

Offensive, especially to one’s sense of smell, fetid (adj)

Question 11

Nonplussed

Answer 11

Baffled, in a quandary, at a loss for what to say, do or think (adj)

Question 12

Normative

Answer 12

Of or pertaining to an assumed norm regarded as the standard of correctness in behavior, speech, writing (adj)

Question 13

Nostrum

Answer 13

Cure-all, placebo, questionable remedy (n)

Question 14

Noxious

Answer 14

Harmful; injurious (adj)