Vocabulary

muleteer

n. A mule-driver.

Multiform

adj. Having many shapes

multiplicity

the condition of being manifold or very various.

mundane

Worldly

municipal

adj. Of or pertaining to a town or city

municipality

A district enjoying municipal government.

munificence

A giving characterized by generous motives and extraordinary liberality.

munificent

Extraordinarily generous.

muster

An assemblage or review of troops for parade or inspection

Mutation

the action or process of change

mutilate

To disfigure

mutiny

Rebellion against lawful or constituted authority.

myriad

A vast indefinite number.

Mystic

One who professes direct divine illumination

mystification

The act of artfully perplexing.

myth

A fictitious narrative presented as historical

Mythology

The whole body of legends cherished by a race concerning gods and hero's

Nameless

Having no fame or reputation

Naphtha

A light

Narcissus

The son of the Athenian river-god Cephisus

narrate

To tell a story

Narration

The act of recounting the particulars of an event in the order of time or occurrence.

Narrative

An orderly continuous account of the successive particulars of an event

Narrator

One who narrates anything

narrow-minded

adj. Characterized by illiberal views or sentiments.

Nasal

pertaining to the nose

natal

pertaining to one's birth

nationality

A connection with a particular nation.

naturally

According to the usual order of things.

nausea

An affection of the stomach producing dizziness and usually an impulse to vomit

nauseate

To cause to loathe

nauseous

loathsome

nautical

Pertaining to ships

naval

Pertaining to ships

navel

The depression on the abdomen where the umbilical cord of the fetus was attached.

navigable

adj. Capable of commercial navigation.

navigate

To traverse by ship

Nebula

A gaseous body of unorganized stellar substance.

necessary

adj. Indispensably requisite or absolutely needed to accomplish a desired result.

necessitate

To render indispensable.

necessity

That which is indispensably requisite to an end desired.

necrology

A list of persons who have died in a certain place or time.

necromancer

One who practices the art of foretelling the future by means of communication with the dead.

necropolis

A city of the dead

necrosis

the death of part of the body

nectar

Any especially sweet and delicious drink.

nectarine

n. A variety of the peach.

needlework

embroidery

needy

adj. Being in need

nefarious

wicked in the extreme

negate

to deny

Negation

The act of denying or of asserting the falsity of a proposition.

neglectful

adj. Exhibiting or indicating omission.

negligee

n. A loose gown worn by women.

Negligence

omission of that which ought to be done

negligent

Apt to omit what ought to be done

negligible

adj. Transferable by assignment

negotiable

To bargain with others for an agreement

nemesis

A goddess

divinity of chastisement and vengeance.

neocracy

Government administered by new or untried persons.

Neo-Darwinism

Darwinism as modified and extended by more recent students.

neo-Latin

n. Modernized Latin.

neopaganism

A new or revived paganism.

Neolithic

adj. Pertaining to the later stone age.

neology

The coining or using of new words or new meanings of words.

neophyte

Having the character of a beginner.

nestle

To adjust cozily in snug quarters

nestling

adj. Recently hatched.

nettle

To excite sensations of uneasiness or displeasure in.

network

Anything that presents a system of cross-lines

neural

adj. Pertaining to the nerves or nervous system.

neurology

The science of the nervous system.

neuter

neither masculine nor feminine

neutral

belonging to or under control of neither of two contestants

Nevertheless

notwithstanding

Newtonian

adj. Of or pertaining to Sir Isaac Newton

niggardly

adj. Stingy. (no longer acceptable to use)

nihilist

An advocate of the doctrine that nothing either exists or can be known.

nil

Nothing

nimble

Light and quick in motion or action

Nit

The egg of a louse or some other insect

nocturnal

of or pertaining to the night

noiseless

silent

noisome

Very offensive

noisy

clamorous

nomad

adj. Having no fixed abode.

Nomic

usual or customary

nominal

trivial

nominate

To designate as a candidate for any office.

nomination

The act or ceremony of naming a man or woman for office.

nominee

One who receives a nomination.

non-existent

That which does not exist.

non-resident

adj. Not residing within a given jurisdiction.

nonchalance

A state of mind indicating lack of interest

non-combatant

One attached to the army or navy

Nondescript

Indescribable

Nonentity

A person or thing of little or no account

Nonpareil

One who or that which is of unequaled excellence

Norm

A model