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n words
Question | Answer |
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narcissism | inordinate fascination with oneself (the story of echo and narcissus) |
nautical | pertaining to ships (n_ terms) |
nefarious | wicked or evil (far- running far is evil) |
negate | to deny evidence (when NEGoTiating something you can deny part of the facts) |
nemesis | something a person cannot conquer (the arch _ you can't beat) |
neophyte | novice or beginner (NEw) |
nepotism | favoritism shown to family, as in business and politics (POT- candidates for the job are limited to family) |
neurotic | anxiety, compulsive acts, and physical complaints without evidence of disease, dominates the personality (neuro-brain is crazy) |
nihilism | rejection of laws as in a revolution (HIL- you have to cross the hill of being rejected) |
nirvana | state of peace as in Buddhism (the band is not peaceful) |
nocturnal | of or pertaining to the night (nocht- night) |
nomad | member of a tribe that wanders from place to place (NO place to live) |
nomenclature | the choosing of names as in science (if something has NO naME, it is given one) |
nonpartisan | some one who is not a supporter of something, usually with emotional ties (has NO -.- PART In something) |
nostalgia | wistful desire to return to a former time in one's life (he had a feeling of _ as he looked at his old high school) |
notoriety | state of being notoriously/widely and unfavorably known (Hitler reached a state of _ety when the world noticed his evils) |
nondescript | undistinguished or indefinite (a SCRIPT is definite, this is NOt) |
nonchalant | cooly unconcerned or casual (The girl was _ about the cast list being posted) |
nom de plume | authors pen name (name is written with a PLUME) |
nullify | declare legally void (it is now NULL or dull) |