Barron's GRE with sentences -Wordlist N 1/1
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A complete list of Barron's GRE Wordlist, with meanings and sentences.
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Terms | Definitions |
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 nadir | lowest point Although few people realized it, the Dow-Jones averages had reached their nadir and would soon begin an upward surge. |
| naivete | quality of being unsophisticated I cannot believe that such naivete is unassumed in a person of her age and experience. |
| narcissist | egocentric; egoist (người tự yêu mình) A narcissist is his own best friend. |
| narrative | related to telling a story A born teller of tales, Olsen used her impressive narrative skills to advantage in her story "I Stand Here Ironing." |
| nascent | incipient; inchoate; coming into being If we could identify these revolutionary movements in their nascent state, we would be able to eliminate serious trouble in later years. |
| natation | swimming The Red Cross emphasizes the need for courses in natation. |
| natty | neatly or smartly dressed (đỏm dáng; đẹp;biết cách ăn mặc) Priding himself on being a natty dresser, the gangster Bugsy Siegel collected a wardrobe of imported suits and ties. |
| nauseate | cause to become sick; fill with disgust The foul smells began to nauseate him. |
| nautical | pertaining to ships or navigation; marine(a) The Maritime Museum contains many models of clipper ships, logbooks, anchors and many other items of a nautical nature. |
| nebulous | vague; hazy; cloudy; ambiguous She had only a nebulous memory of her grandmother's face. |
| necromancy | black magic; dealings with the dead (thuật gọi hồn) Because he was able to perform feats of necromancy, the natives thought he was in league with the devil. |
| nefarious | very wicked; despicable (bad evil; heinous; atrocious) He was universally feared because of his many nefarious deeds. |
| negation | denial I must accept his argument since you have been unable to present any negation of his evidence. |
| negligence | carelessness (negligent; heedless) negligence can prove costly near complicated machinery. |
| negligible | so small, trifling, nominal; or unimportant as to be easily disregarded; inconsiderable Because the damage to his car had been negligible, Michael decided he wouldn't bother to report the matter to his insurance company. |
| nemesis | revenging agent(sự báo ứng, nữ thần báo ứng) Captain Bligh vowed to be Christian's nemesis. |
| neologism | new word As we invent new techniques and professions, we must also invent neologisms such as "microcomputer" and "astronaut" to describe them. |
| nepotism | favoritism (to a relative) (sự con ông cháu cha) John left his position with the company because he felt that advancement was based on nepotism rather than ability. |
| nether | lower Tradition locates hell in the nether regions. |
| nettle | annoy; vex; badger; pester; beset; bait; beleaguer; harry; harass; torment (begrudge: bất đắc dĩ) Do not let him nettle you with his sarcastic remarks. |
| nexus | connection I fail to see the nexus that binds these two widely separated events. |
| nib | beak; pen point(mỏ chim) The nibs of fountain pens often become clotted and corroded.(corrode: erode v) (clot: coagulate; congeal) |
| nicety | precision; minute distinction I cannot distinguish between such niceties of reasoning. |
| niggardly | stingy; parsimonious (hà tiện; keo kiệt) (a) The niggardly pittance the widow receives from the government cannot keep her from poverty. |
| niggle | spend too much time on minor points; carp Let's not niggle over details. |
| nihilism | denial of traditional values; total skepticism (thuyết hư vô) nihilism holds that existence has no meaning. |
| nirvana | Buddihist teachings, the ideal state in which the individual loses himself in the attainment of an impersonal beatitude(cõi niết bàn) Despite his desire to achieve nirvana, the young Buddhist found that even the buzzing of a fly could distract him from his meditation. |
| nocturnal | done at night Mr. Jones obtained a watchdog to prevent the nocturnal raids on his chicken coops. |
| noisome | foul; fetid; malodorous (mùi hôi) (caustic; pungent; piquant: spicy; mùi hăng) I never could stand the noisome atmosphere surrounding the slaughter houses. |
| nomadic | wandering(du cư, nay đây mai đó) Several nomadic tribes of Indians would hunt in this area each year. |
| nomenclature | terminology; system of names She struggled to master scientific nomenclature. |
| nonchalance | indifference; lack of interest; apathy; callous; impassivity (vô tâm, hờ hững, không cảm xúc) Few people could understand how he could listen to the news of the tragedy with such nonchalance; the majority regarded him as callous and unsympathetic.(nonchalance; indifference; apathy; callous:vô tâm)(impassivity.... có 2 nghĩa) |
| noncommittal | neutral; unpledged; undecided We were annoyed by his noncommittal reply for we had been led to expect definite assurances of his approval. |
| nondescript | undistinctive; ordinary The private detective was a short, nondescript fellow with no ourstanding features, the sort of person one would never notice in a crowd. |
| nonentity | person of no importance; nonexistence Don't dismiss John as a nonentity; in his quiet way, he's very important to the firm. |
| nonplus | (v) faze; disconcert;confound (làm bối rối; làm lúng túng) Jack's uncharacteristic rudeness nonplussed Jill, leaving her uncertain how to react. |
| nostalgia | homesickness; longing for the past The first settlers found so much work to do that they had little time for nostalgia. |
| nostrum | questionable medicine No quack selling nostrums is going to cheat me. |
| notoriety | disrepute; ill fame(n) notorious - To the starlet, any publicity was good publicity: if she couldn't have a good reputation, she'd settle for notoriety. |
| novice | beginner; neophyte Even a novice can do good work if he follows these simple directions. |
| noxious | harmful; baleful; baneful; pestilent; pestilential; sinister; malign; deadly We must trace the source of these noxious gases before they asphyxiate us. |
| nuance | nicety; shade of difference in meaning or color( điểm khác biệt nhỏ giữa 2 vật tương tự, sắc thái)(niggle v quá chú trọng vào details) The unskilled eye of the layperson has difficulty in dicerning the nuances of color in the paintings. |
| nubile | marrigeable (đến tuổi cặp kê) Mrs. Bennet, in Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, was worried about finding suitable husbands for her five nubile daughters. |
| nugatory | futile; worthless; useless This agreement is nugatory for no court will enforce it. |
| nullify | invalidate; negate; cancel out (v)(vô hiệu) Once the contract was nullified, it no longer had any legal force. |
| numismatist | person who collects coins The numismatist had a splendid collection of antique coins. |
| nuptial | related to marriage Their nuptial ceremony was performed in Golden Gate Park. |
| celibate | (a) sống độc thân |
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