Special English word list: N

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Parts of speech: n. (noun) - a name word; (verb) - an action word; ad. (adjective/adverb) - a describing word; prep. (preposition) - a word used to show a relation; pro. (pronoun) - a word used in place of a noun; conj. (conjunction) - a joining word

N

1. name - v. to appoint; to nominate; to give a name to; n. a word by which a person, animal or thing is known or called
2. narrow - ad. limited in size or amount; not wide; having a short distance from one side to the other
3. nation - n. a country, together with its social and political systems
4. native - n. someone who was born in a place, not one who moved there
5. natural - ad. of or about nature; normal; common to its kind
6. nature - n. all the plants, animals and other things on earth not created by humans; events or processes not caused by humans
7. navy - n. the part of a country’s military force trained to fight at sea
8. near - ad. not far; close to
9. necessary - ad. needed to get a result or effect; required
10. need - v. to require; to want; to be necessary to have or to do
11. negotiate - v. to talk about a problem or situation to find a common solution
12. neither - ad. not one or the other of two
13. neutral - ad. not supporting one side or the other in a dispute
14. never - ad. at no time; not ever
15. new - ad. not existing before; not known before; recently made, built, bought or grown; another; different
16. news - n. information about any recent events, especially as reported by the media
17. next - ad. coming immediately after; nearest
18. nice - ad. pleasing; good; kind
19. night - n. the time between when the sun goes down and when it rises, when there is little or no light
20. no - ad. used to reject or to refuse; not any; not at all
21. noise - n. sound, especially when loud
22. nominate - v. to name someone as a candidate for an election; to propose a person for an office or position
23. noon - n. the middle of the day; twelve o'clock in the daytime
24. normal - n. the usual condition, amount or form; ad. usual; what is expected
25. north - n. the direction to the left of a person facing the rising sun
26. not - ad. a word showing that something is denied or untrue (“She is not going.”)
27. note - v. to talk about something already known; n. a word or words written to help a person remember; a short letter
28. nothing - n. not anything; no thing
29. now - ad. at this time; immediately
30. nowhere - ad. not in, to or at any place
31. nuclear - ad. of or about the energy produced by splitting atoms or bringing them together; of or about weapons that explode by using energy from atoms
32. number - n. a word or sign used to show the order or amount of things