GRE Vocabulary Cartoons: N Words
noisome
(adj.) offensive or disgusting; foul-smelling; harmful or injurious
nondescript
(adj.) ordinary, not outstanding; not easily classified
nonplussed
(adj., part.) puzzled, not knowing what to do, at a loss
nuance
(n.) a subtle or slight variation (as in color, meaning, quality), delicate gradation or shade of difference
nostrum
(n.) an alleged cure-all; a remedy or scheme of questionable effectiveness
nepotism
(n.) undue favoritism to or excessive patronage of one's relatives
nontrivial
Important or big enough to matter
neophyte
beginner
novitiate
beginner
nascent
coming into existence; emerging
nonchalant
cool and confident, unconcerned
normative
establishing, relating to, or deriving from a standard or norm, especially of behavior
notorious
famous for something bad
noxious
harmful
nonpareil
having no equal
nostalgia
longing for the past
novel
new
newfangled
new; untested
nugatory
of no value or importance
non sequitur
something that does not logically follow
nadir
the lowest point of something
nettle
to irritate
naivete
unsophisticatedness, artlessness
nebulous
vague
