Vocab Set 11
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- Myriad
- Too great a number to be counted; innumerable. Made of many different elements.
- Moribund
- Nearly dead. Having lost all sense of purpose or vitality. Becoming obsolete or about to die. Literally, "bound toward death."
- Natty
- Neat and fashionable appearance or dress.
- Ne'er-do-well
- A lazy and irresponsible person.
- Motley
- Composed of people or things that are very different and don't seem to belong together. Made of different colors.
- Nefarious
- Utterly immoral, wicked, unjust, or evil.
- Nebulous
- Unclear, vague, cloudy, or hazy. Relating to or resembling a nebula (a cloud of dust or gas in interstallar space.)
- Naysayer
- Someone who voted no or who speaks against something.
- Modicum
- A small amount, especially of something abstract such as a quality or characteristic.
- Multifaceted
- With many different talents, qualities, or features; possessing many facets, dimensions, or cut surfaces.
- Narcissism
- Excessive self-admiration and self-centeredness; being possessed by self-love. In medicine, a personality disorder characterized by an overestimation of one's appearance and abilities, and an excessive need for admiration.
- Morose
- Having a withdrawn or gloomy personality; melancholy or sullen.
- Mollify
- To calm or soothe someone who is upset; to appease someone's anger. To lessen the impact of.
- Necromancy
- The practice of attempting to communicate with the spirits of the dead in order to predict or influence the future. Witchcraft or sorcery in general.
- Nascent
- Emerging. Refers to the early stages of coming into existence.
- Mortification
- To control or put an end to bodily desires by means of abstinence from pleasure and self-inflicted pain. Deep shame and humiliation caused by a blow to one's pride.
- Mundane
- Commonplace, boring; ordinary or everyday. Relating to or pertaining to concerns of the workaday world.
- Narcolepsy
- A disorder characterized by frequent, brief, and uncontrollable bouts of deep sleep.
- NASDAQ
- An acromyn for "National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System," a collection of publically traded stocks that included a lot of high-tech companies. The electronic communications system that links all over-the-counter securities dealers to form a national market.
- Natural Selection
- A theory developed by Charles Darwin to explain the evolution of species, also known as "survival of the fittest." The organisms best suited to survive in a particular environment reproduce in a greater numbers than others that are less well suited, thus creating future generations of better-adapted off-spring.