English Words From Voice of America (Charles Kelly)
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nameto appoint; to nominate; to give a name to; n. a word by which a person, animal or thing is known or called | |
narrowlimited in size or amount; not wide; having a short distance from one side to the other | |
nationa country, together with its social and political systems | |
nativesomeone who was born in a place, not one who moved there | |
naturalof or about nature; normal; common to its kind | |
natureall the plants, animals and other things on earth not created by humans; events or processes not caused by humans | |
navythe part of a country's military force trained to fight at sea | |
nearnot far; close to | |
necessaryneeded to get a result or effect; required | |
needto require; to want; to be necessary to have or to do | |
negotiateto talk about a problem or situation to find a common solution | |
neithernot one or the other of two | |
nervea thin piece of tissue that sends information through the body to and from the brain | |
neutralnot supporting one side or the other in a dispute | |
neverat no time; not ever | |
newnot existing before; not known before; recently made, built, bought or grown; another; different | |
newsinformation about any recent events, especially as reported by the media | |
nextcoming immediately after; nearest | |
nicepleasing; good; kind | |
nightthe time between when the sun goes down and when it rises, when there is little or no light | |
noused to reject or to refuse; not any; not at all | |
noisesound, especially when loud | |
nominateto name someone as a candidate for an election; to propose a person for an office or position | |
noonthe middle of the day; twelve o'clock in the daytime | |
normalthe usual condition, amount or form; ad. usual; what is expected | |
norththe direction to the left of a person facing the rising sun | |
nota word showing that something is denied or untrue ("She is not going.") | |
noteto talk about something already known; n. a word or words written to help a person remember; a short letter | |
nothingnot anything; no thing | |
nowat this time; immediately | |
nowherenot in, to or at any place | |
nuclearof or about the energy produced by splitting atoms or bringing them together; of or about weapons that explode by using energy from atoms | |
nucleic acida molecule that holds the genetic information necessary for life; there are two kinds of nucleic acid: DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) and RNA (ribonucleic acid) | |
nucleusthe center part of an atom or cell | |
numbera word or sign used to show the order or amount of things | |
nutrienta food or substance that makes plants, humans or animals grow | |