NSF regionals vocabulary 27 Flashcards
meticulously
caring about every detail, fussy
minatory
menacing, threatening, foreshadowing evil development
ministration
assistance in time of difficulty
misanthropic
someone who hates humankind
mitigate
to make less severe or intense
modicum
a moderate amount of something
molten
heated to a liquid
momentous
of very great significance
monetary
relating to money or currency
morose
showing a ill humor, gloomily
morsel
a small amount of food or anything
motif
a recurring subject, such as a theme, idea, colors
motley
having a diversity of elements, combination of different colors
muffle
to deaden sound or hide, a kiln chamber
murky
dark or gloomy, unclear
musty
stale and unclean smelling, dull, antique
nebula
a cloud of interstellar gas, hazy or fuzzy, faint cloudy spot on the cornea
negligee
a women’s dressing gown or robe
nemesis
a opponent or rival that is not able to overcome, a goddess of divine retribution
newspeak
deliberately ambiguous language used to mislead the public
nib
the point of a pen, a bill or beak
niche
the status of a organism within its community, a ornamental recess in the wall
nimbly
quickly and agile
nirvana
a circle of reincarnation in Buddhism or Hinduism
nodule
a small rounded lump, knob
nonentity
a person or thing that is nonexistent
nonproliferation
to stop from spreading
nostrum
a patent medicine sold with exaggerated claims
notional
not real, expressing a notion or idea
nubby
having nubs, knobby or lumpy, having a rough surface
