IELTS Exam Vocabulary List - N
- nameless adj. Having no fame or reputation.
- naphtha n. A light, colorless, volatile, inflammable oil used as a solvent, as in manufacture of paints.
- Narcissus n. The son of the Athenian river-god Cephisus, fabled to have fallen in love with his reflection.
- narrate v. To tell a story.
- narration n. The act of recounting the particulars of an event in the order of time or occurrence.
- narrative n. An orderly continuous account of the successive particulars of an event.
- narrator n. One who narrates anything.
- narrow-minded adj. Characterized by illiberal views or sentiments.
- nasal adj. Pertaining to the nose.
- natal adj. Pertaining to one's birth.
- nationality n. A connection with a particular nation.
- naturally adv. According to the usual order of things.
- nausea n. An affection of the stomach producing dizziness and usually an impulse to vomit
- nauseate v. To cause to loathe.
- nauseous adj. Loathsome.
- nautical adj. Pertaining to ships, seamen, or navigation.
- naval adj. Pertaining to ships.
- navel n. The depression on the abdomen where the umbilical cord of the fetus was attached.
- navigable adj. Capable of commercial navigation.
- navigate v. To traverse by ship.
- nebula n. A gaseous body of unorganized stellar substance.
- necessary adj. Indispensably requisite or absolutely needed to accomplish a desired result.
- necessitate v. To render indispensable.
- necessity n. That which is indispensably requisite to an end desired.
- necrology n. A list of persons who have died in a certain place or time.
- necromancer n. One who practices the art of foretelling the future by means of communication with the dead.
- necropolis n. A city of the dead.
- necrosis n. the death of part of the body.
- nectar n. Any especially sweet and delicious drink.
- nectarine n. A variety of the peach.
- needlework n. Embroidery.
- needy adj. Being in need, want, or poverty.
- nefarious adj. Wicked in the extreme.
- negate v. To deny.
- negation n. 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 n. Omission of that which ought to be done.
- negligent adj. Apt to omit what ought to be done.
- negligible adj. Transferable by assignment, endorsement, or delivery.
- negotiable v. To bargain with others for an agreement, as for a treaty or transfer of property.
- Nemesis n. A goddess; divinity of chastisement and vengeance.
- neocracy n. Government administered by new or untried persons.
- neo-Darwinsim n. Darwinism as modified and extended by more recent students.
- neo-Latin n. Modernized Latin.
- neopaganism n. A new or revived paganism.
- Neolithic adj. Pertaining to the later stone age.
- neology n. The coining or using of new words or new meanings of words.
- neophyte adj. Having the character of a beginner.
- nestle v. To adjust cozily in snug quarters.
- nestling adj. Recently hatched.
- nettle v. To excite sensations of uneasiness or displeasure in.
- network n. Anything that presents a system of cross- lines.
- neural adj. Pertaining to the nerves or nervous system.
- neurology n. The science of the nervous system.
- neuter adj. Neither masculine nor feminine.
- neutral adj. Belonging to or under control of neither of two contestants.
- nevertheless conj. Notwithstanding.
- Newtonian adj. Of or pertaining to Sir Isaac Newton, the English philosopher.
- niggardly adj. Stingy. (no longer acceptable to use)
- nihilist n. An advocate of the doctrine that nothing either exists or can be known.
- nil n. Nothing
- nimble adj. Light and quick in motion or action.
- nit n. The egg of a louse or some other insect.
- nocturnal adj. Of or pertaining to the night.
- noiseless adj. Silent.
- noisome adj. Very offensive, particularly to the sense of smell.
- noisy adj. Clamorous.
- nomad adj. Having no fixed abode.
- nomic adj. Usual or customary.
- nominal adj. Trivial.
- nominate v. To designate as a candidate for any office.
- nomination n. The act or ceremony of naming a man or woman for office.
- nominee n. One who receives a nomination.
- non-existent n. That which does not exist.
- non-resident adj. Not residing within a given jurisdiction.
- nonchalance n. A state of mind indicating lack of interest.
- non-combatant n. One attached to the army or navy, but having duties other than that of fighting.
- nondescript adj. Indescribable.
- nonentity n. A person or thing of little or no account.
- nonpareil n. One who or that which is of unequaled excellence.
- norm n. A model.
- normalcy n. The state of being normal.
- Norman adj. Of or peculiar to Normandy, in northern France.
- nostrum n. Any scheme or recipe of a charlatan character.
- noticeable adj. Perceptible.
- notorious adj. Unfavorably known to the general public.
- novellette n. A short novel.
- novice n. A beginner in any business or occupation.
- nowadays adv. In the present time or age.
- nowhere adv. In no place or state.
- noxious adj. Hurtful.
- nuance n. A slight degree of difference in anything perceptible to the sense of the mind.
- nucleus n. A central point or part about which matter is aggregated.
- nude adj. Naked.
- nugatory adj. Having no power or force.
- nuisance n. That which annoys, vexes, or irritates.
- numeration n. The act or art of reading or naming numbers.
- numerical adj. Of or pertaining to number.
- nunnery n. A convent for nuns.
- nuptial adj. Of or pertaining to marriage, especially to the marriage ceremony.
- nurture n. The process of fostering or promoting growth.
- nutriment n. That which nourishes.
- nutritive adj. Having nutritious properties.
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