Words 2800 - 3000 Flashcards
Nemesis
Noun (Greek mythology)
The goddess of divine retribution and vengeance
negligee
Noun
A loose gown worn by women
Nefarious
Adjective
Extremely wicked
Nectarine
Noun
A variety of the peach
Necromancer
Noun
One who practices the art of foretelling the future by means of communication with the dead
Necrology
Noun
A list of persons who have died in a certain place or time
Narcissus
Noun
The son of the Athenian river god Cephisus, fabled to have fallen in love with his reflection
naphtha
Noun
A light, colourless, volatile, inflammable oil used as a solvent, as in manufacture of paints.
munificent
Adjective
Extraordinarily gwneorus
Munificence
Noun
A giving characterised by generous motives and extraordinary liberality
Mundane
Adjective
Worldly, as opposed to spiritual or celestial
Muleteer
Noun
A mule-driver
Mulatto
Noun
The offspring of a white person and a place person.
Motley
Adjective
Composed of heterogenous or inharmonious elements
Moribund
Adjective
On the point of death; breathing your last.
Mordant
Adjective
Biting.
Mordacious
Adjective
Biting or giving to biting
Moratorium
Noun
An emergency legislation authorising a government to suspend some action temporarily.
Monomania
The unreasonable pursuit of one idea
Monolith
Noun
Any structure or sculpture in stone formed of a single piece.
Monograph
Noun
A treatise discussing a single subject or branch of a subject.
Monogram
Noun
A character consisting of two or more letters interwoven into one, usually initials of a name.
Monitory
Noun
Admonition or warning
Monition
Noun
Friendly counsel given by way of warning and implying caution or reproof.
Mongrel
Noun
The progeny resulting from the crossing of different breeds or varieties.
Molt
Verb
To cast off, as hair, feathers etc.
Modish
Adj
Fashionable
Moccasin
Noun
A foot-covering made of soft leather or buckskin
Miter
Noun
The junction of two bodies at an equally divided angle.
Mite
Noun
A very small amount, portion or particle.
Missive
Noun
A message in writing
Missal
Noun
The book containing the service for the celebration of mass.
Misogyny
Noun
Hatred of women
Misogamy
Noun
Hatred of marriage.
Minutia
Noun
A small or unimportant particular or detail
Minion
Noun
A servile favourite
Millet
Noun
A grass cultivated for forage and cereal
Militarism
Noun
A policy of maintaining great standing armies
Migratory
Adjective
Wandering
Migrant
Adjective
Wandering
Mien
Noun
The external appearance or manner of a person
Microcosm
Noun
The world or universe on a small scale.
Metonymy
Noun
A figure of speech that consists in the naming of a thing by one of its attributes.
Metempsychosis
Noun
Transition of the soul of a human being at death into another body, whether human or beast.
Metaphysics
Noun
The principles of philosophy as applied to explain the methods of any particular science.
Metaphysician
Noun
One skilled in metaphysics.
Metallurgy
Noun
The art or science of extracting a metal from ores, as by smelting.
Messieurs
Noun (plural)
Gentlemen
Meretricious
Adjective
Alluring by false or gaudy show.
