"N" Word List

Question 1

nabob

Answer 1

a very wealthy or powerful person

Question 2

nadir

Answer 2

lowest

Question 3

nascent

Answer 3

coming into being; being born

Question 4

natation

Answer 4

the act or art of swimming

Question 5

nebulous

Answer 5

hazy; vague; uncertain

Question 6

necromancy

Answer 6

magic, especially that practiced by a witch

Question 7

nefarious

Answer 7

wicked

Question 8

nemesis

Answer 8

something that a person cannot conquer or achieve

Question 9

neologism

Answer 9

new use of a word or a new coinage of a word

Question 10

neophyte

Answer 10

a beginner; a novice

Question 11

nepotism

Answer 11

a beginner; a novice

Question 12

nether

Answer 12

lower; under

Question 13

nettle

Answer 13

to irritate; to annoy

Question 14

nicety

Answer 14

delicacy; subtelty

Question 15

niggle

Answer 15

to spend excessive time on unimportant details

Question 16

nihilism

Answer 16

total rejection of established laws or religion

Question 17

nodule

Answer 17

a small, rounded mass or lump

Question 18

noisome

Answer 18

foul-smelling; harmful or injurious

Question 19

non sequitur

Answer 19

something that does not logically follow

Question 20

nanage

Answer 20

a period of immaturity

Question 21

nonpareil

Answer 21

unequaled; unrivaled

Question 22

nostum

Answer 22

quack medicine; supposed cure-all

Question 23

nubile

Answer 23

suitable for marriage, in regard to age and physical development

Question 24

nugatory

Answer 24

worthless; invalid

Question 25

numismatist

Answer 25

coin collector

Question 26

nuptial

Answer 26

pertaining to marriage