| GRE word list - N |
| nadir |
the lowest point |
| nag |
to irritate by constant scolding or urging |
| naive |
deficient in worldly wisdom or informed judgment; especially
:CREDULOUS |
| narcissism |
love of or sexual desire for one's own body |
| nascent |
coming or having recently come into existence |
| natty |
trimly neat and tidy:SMART |
| nauseate |
to feel disgust |
| naysayer |
one who denies, refuses, opposes, or is skeptical or
cynical about something |
| nebulous |
INDISTINCT, VAGUE |
| needy |
being in want:POVERTY-STRICKEN |
| nefarious |
flagrantly wicked or impious:EVIL |
| negotiate |
to confer with another so as to arrive at the settlement
of some matter |
| neophyte |
a new convert:PROSELYTE |
| nepotism |
favoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship |
| nerve |
to give strength or courage to:supply with physical
or moral force |
| nettle |
to arouse to sharp but transitory annoyance or anger
imputable:nettle |
| neutralize |
to counteract the activity or effect of:make ineffective |
| nibble |
to eat or chew in small bits |
| nip |
to take liquor in nips:TIPPLE |
| nitpicking |
minute and usually unjustified criticism |
| nocturnal |
of, relating to, or occurring in the night |
| noisome |
offensive to the senses and especially to the sense
of smell |
| nomad |
a member of a people who have no fixed residence but
move from place to place usually seasonally and within
a well-defined territory |
| nominal |
TRIFLING, INSIGNIFICANT |
| nonchalant |
having an air of easy unconcern or indifference |
| nondescript |
lacking distinctive or interesting qualities:DULL, DRAB |
| nonentity |
a person of little consequence or significance |
| nonflammable |
not flammable; specifically :not easily ignited and
not burning rapidly if ignited |
| nonplus |
a state of bafflement or perplexity:QUANDARY |
| nonsense |
words or language having no meaning or conveying no
intelligible ideas |
| notch |
to cut or make a notch in |
| notwithstanding |
prep (can also follow the n to which it refers ) without
being affected by (sth); in spite of |
| novelty |
something new or unusual |
| noxious |
physically harmful or destructive to living beings |
| nuance |
a subtle distinction or variation |
| nucleate |
to form into a nucleus:CLUSTER |
| nudge |
to touch or push gently; especially :to seek the attention
of by a push of the elbow |
| nurture |
to supply with nourishment EDUCATE |
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