Vocabulary Words Starting With N

The lowest possible point of something, especially a situation or a person's fortunes.

Lacking experience or judgment, and too willing to trust or believe things simply.

A spoken or written account of connected events, or the way a story is told.

Just beginning to develop or exist; in an early, emerging stage.

Vague, unclear, or lacking any definite shape or form.

Extremely wicked or villainous.

To cancel out the effect of something or prove it false.

Failing to give something or someone the care or attention that is properly required.

So small in size or importance that it can safely be ignored.

A long-standing rival or an agent of someone's downfall, especially one seemingly impossible to overcome.

A neophyte is someone who has just begun learning or practicing something and therefore still lacks experience.

The practice of giving jobs or advantages to relatives or friends rather than to the most qualified people.

To nettle someone is to irritate them persistently, the way a prickly plant stings the skin.

A specialized position or area of activity that particularly suits a person's or organization's skills and interests.

Nihilism is the philosophical position that rejects the idea that existence has any objective meaning or moral truth.

Active during the night rather than the day.

Something noisome is so offensive to the senses, especially smell, that it repels anyone nearby.

Existing in name only, or so small in amount that it is barely worth mentioning.

Coolly unconcerned or casual, as if nothing could bother you.

To be nonplussed is to be caught so off guard by something unexpected that you are momentarily unable to respond.

Feeling a sentimental longing for a happy time in the past.

An idea, belief, or general understanding about something.

Widely known for something bad or undesirable.

In spite of a particular fact, without letting that fact prevent something else from happening.

New and different from anything known before.

A person who is new to and inexperienced in a particular activity or field.

Harmful or poisonous, especially describing a substance or fume that damages health.

A small, subtle distinction in meaning, tone, or expression.

Something nugatory is so trivial or ineffective that it might as well not exist.

A person, thing, or situation that causes annoyance or minor trouble.

To make something legally or officially without effect; to cancel it out.

Something numinous evokes a powerful feeling of the sacred or supernatural, as though a greater power were near.

To care for and support someone or something so that it can grow and develop.