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American English Vocabulary - Letter
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- 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
- narrow
- ad. limited in size or amount; not wide; having a
short distance from one side to the other
- nation
- n. a country, together with its social and
political systems
- native
- n. someone who was born in a place, not one who
moved there
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natural - ad. of or about nature; normal;
common to its kind
- nature
- n. all the plants, animals and other things on
earth not created by humans; events or processes not
caused by humans
- navy
- n. the part of a country's military force trained
to fight at sea
- near
- ad. not far; close to
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necessary - ad. needed to get a result or
effect; required
- need
- v. to require; to want; to be necessary to have or
to do
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negotiate - v. to talk about a problem or
situation to find a common solution
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neighbor - n. a person or country that is
next to or near another
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neither - ad. not one or the other of two
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neutral - ad. not supporting one side or the
other in a dispute
- never
- ad. at no time; not ever
- new
- ad. not existing before; not known before;
recently made, built, bought or grown; another;
different
- news
- n. information about any recent events, especially
as reported by the media
- next
- ad. coming immediately after; nearest
- nice
- ad. pleasing; good; kind
- night
- n. the time between when the sun goes down and
when it rises, when there is little or no light
- no
- ad. used to reject or to refuse; not any; not at
all
- noise
- n. sound, especially when loud
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nominate - v. to name someone as a candidate
for an election; to propose a person for an office
or position
- noon
- n. the middle of the day; twelve o'clock in the
daytime
- normal
- n. the usual condition, amount or form; ad. usual;
what is expected
- north
- n. the direction to the left of a person facing
the rising sun
- not
- ad. a word showing that something is denied or
untrue ("She is not going.")
- note
- v. to talk about something already known; n. a
word or words written to help a person remember; a
short letter
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nothing - n. not anything; no thing
- now
- ad. at this time; immediately
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nowhere - ad. not in, to or at any place
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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
- number
- n. a word or sign used to show the order or amount
of things
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Words - Letter N
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