Week 16

Question 1

Nausea, n.

Answer 1

A feeling of discomfort in the stomach usually associated with an urge to vomit.

Question 2

Necessary, adj.

Answer 2

Absolutely essential.

Question 3

Nectarine, n.

Answer 3

A smooth-skinned peach (fruit).

Question 4

Negative, adj.

Answer 4

Unpleasant; disagreeable.

Question 5

Neglect, v.

Answer 5

To pay little or no attention to; fail to heed; disregard.

Question 6

Negligent, adj.

Answer 6

Guilty of negligence; extremely heedess.

Question 7

Negotiable, adj.

Answer 7

Something that can be converted into cash or the equivalent value.

Question 8

Negotiator, n.

Answer 8

Person who deals or bargains with another or others, as in the preparation of a treaty or contract or in preliminaries to a business deal.

Question 9

Nemesis, n.

Answer 9

A formidable and usually victorious rival or opponent.

Question 10

Neon, adj.

Answer 10

Of, relating to, or resembling the reddish glow of neon lamps.

Question 11

Nepotism, n.

Answer 11

Favoritism shown to relatives (as by giving them positions because of their relationship rather than on their merits).

Question 12

Neutral, adj.

Answer 12

Belonging to neither side.

Question 13

Neutralize, v.

Answer 13

To counterbalance the effect of so as to render ineffective.

Question 14

Nickelodeon, n.

Answer 14

A theater affording a motion-picture exhibition or a variety show for an admission price of five cents.

Question 15

Nightmare, n.

Answer 15

A frightening dream accompanied by anxiety or terror.

Question 16

Nineteenth, adj.

Answer 16

The ordinal number matching the number 19 in a series.

Question 17

Nitrogen, n.

Answer 17

A colorless, tasteless, odorless element that as a diatomic gas is relatively inert and constitutes 78 percent of the atmosphere by volume and occurs as a constituent of all living tissues.

Question 18

Nocturnal, adj.

Answer 18

Active at night.

Question 19

Nominee, n.

Answer 19

A person named or proposed for an office, duty, or position.

Question 20

Nonchalant, adj.

Answer 20

Seeming to be coolly unconcerned or indifferent.

Question 21

Nonsense, n.

Answer 21

Words or signs having no intelligible meaning.

Question 22

Nostril, n.

Answer 22

Either of the outer openings of the nose.

Question 23

Nuclear, adj.

Answer 23

Of or pertaining to the core, central or essential part.

Question 24

Nugget, n.

Answer 24

A lump; especially: a lump of gold.

Question 25

Numb, adj.

Answer 25

Deprived of physical sensation or the ability to move.

Question 26

Nurture, v.

Answer 26

To nourish or sustain.

Question 27

Nutrient, adj.

Answer 27

Nourishing; providing nourishment or nutriment.

Question 28

Nutrition, n.

Answer 28

The process of nourishing or being nourished, especially the process by which a living organism assimilates food and uses it for growth and for replacement of tissues.

Question 29

Oasis, n.

Answer 29

A small isolated fertile area that is surrounded by general barrenness and typically marked by trees or other greenery and that has a water supply.

Question 30

Obsessive, adj.

Answer 30

Excessive in nature or degree.

Question 31

Obsolete, adj.

Answer 31

No longer in use.

Question 32

Obstacle, n.

Answer 32

Something that hinders progress.