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