| Sr No. | Word | hindi | Meaning | Example |
| 2291 | nadir | पतन | lowest point | Although few people realized it,
the Dow-Jones averages had reached their nadir and would soon begin an upward
surge. |
| 2292 | naivete | भोलेपन | quality of being unsophisticated | I cannot believe that such
naivete is unassumed in a person of her age and experience. |
| 2293 | narcissist | narcissist | conceited person | A narcissist is his own best friend.
|
| 2294 | narrative | कथा | 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." |
| 2295 | nascent | नवजात | incipient; 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. |
| 2296 | natation | प्लावन | swimming | The Red Cross emphasizes the
need for courses in natation. |
| 2297 | natty | स्वच्छ | neatly or smartly dresssed | Priding himself on being a natty
dresser, the gangster Bugsy Siegel collected a wardrobe of imported suits and
ties. |
| 2298 | nauseate | घृणा करना | cause to become sick; fill with
disgust | The foul smells began to
nauseate him. |
| 2299 | nautical | समुद्री | pertaining to ships or
navigation | The Maritime Museum contains
many models of clipper ships, logbooks, anchors and many other items of a
nautical nature. |
| 2300 | nebulous | अस्पष्ट | vague; hazy; cloudy | She had only a nebulous memory
of her grandmother's face. |
| 2301 | necromancy | काला जादू | black magic; dealings with the
dead | Because he was able to perform
feats of necromancy, the natives thought he was in league with the devil. |
| 2302 | nefarious | बेईमान | very wicked | He was universally feared
because of his many nefarious deeds. |
| 2303 | negation | नकार | denial | I must accept his argument since
you have been unable to present any negation of his evidence. |
| 2304 | negligence | लापरवाही | carelessness | negligence can prove costly near
complicated machinery. |
| 2305 | negligible | नगण्य | so small, trifling, or
unimportant as to be easily disregarded | Because the damage to his car
had been negligible, Michael decided he wouldn't bother to report the matter
to his insurance company. |
| 2306 | nemesis | नेमसिस | revenging agent | Captain Bligh vowed to be
Christian's nemesis. |
| 2307 | neologism | निओलगिज़्म | new or newly coined word or
phrase | As we invent new techniques and
professions, we must also invent neologisms such as "microcomputer"
and "astronaut" to describe them. |
| 2308 | neophyte | नवछात्रा | recent convert; beginner | This monuntain slope contains
slides that will challenge esperts as well as neophytes. |
| 2309 | nepotism | भाई-भतीजावाद | favoritism (to a relative) | John left his position with the
company because he felt that advancement was based on nepotism rather than
ability. |
| 2310 | nether | नीचे का | lower | Tradition locates hell in the
nether regions. |
| 2311 | nettle | बिछुआ | annoy; vex | Do not let him nettle you with
his sarcastic remarks. |
| 2312 | nexus | बंधन | connection | I fail to see the nexus that
binds these two widely separated events. |
| 2313 | nib | नोक | beak; pen point | The nibs of fountain pens often
become clotted and corroded. |
| 2314 | nicety | तुनुकमिज़ाजी | precision; minute distinction | I cannot distinguish between
such niceties of reasoning. |
| 2315 | niggardly | कंजूसी से | meanly stingy; parsimonious | The niggardly pittance the widow
receives from the government cannot keep her from poverty. |
| 2316 | niggle | तुच्छ चीज़ करना | spend too much time on minor
points; carp | Let's not niggle over details. |
| 2317 | nihilism | नाइलीज़्म | denial of traditional values;
total skepticism | nihilism holds that existence
has no meaning. |
| 2318 | nirvana | निर्वाण | Buddihist teachings, the ideal
state in which the individual loses himself in the attainment of an
impersonal beatitude | Despite his desire to achieve
nirvana, the young Buddhist found that even the buzzing of a fly could
distract him from his meditation. |
| 2319 | nocturnal | रात का | done at night | Mr. Jones obtained a watchdog to
prevent the nocturnal raids on his chicken coops. |
| 2320 | noisome | दुर्गंध | foul smelling; unwholesome | I never could stand the noisome
atmosphere surrounding the slaughter houses. |
| 2321 | nomadic | घुमंतू | wandering | Several nomadic tribes of
Indians would hunt in this area each year. |
| 2322 | nomenclature | शब्दावली | terminology; system of names | She struggled to master
scientific nomenclature. |
| 2323 | nominal | नाममात्र | in name only; trifling | He offered to drive her to the
airport for only a nominal fee. |
| 2324 | nonchalance | विरक्ति | indifference; lack of interest | Few people could understand how
he could listen to the news of the tragedy with such nonchalance; the
mahority regarded him as callous and unsympathetic. |
| 2325 | noncommittal | noncommittal | neutral; unpledged; undecided | We were annoyed by his
noncommittal reply for we had been led to expect definite assurances of his
approval. |
| 2326 | nondescript | वर्णनातीत | 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. |
| 2327 | nonentity | तुच्छता | person of no importance;
nonexistence | Don't dismiss John as a
nonentity; in his quiet way, he's very important to the firm. |
| 2328 | nonplus | उधेड़-बुन | bring to a halt by confusion;
perplex | Jack's uncharacteristic rudeness
nonplussed Jill, leaving her uncertain how to react. |
| 2329 | nostalgia | विषाद | homesickness; longing for the
past | The first settlers found so much
work to do that they had little time for nostalgia. |
| 2330 | nostrum | नोस्ट्रम | questionable medicine | No quack selling nostrums is
going to cheat me. |
| 2331 | notoriety | बदनामी | disrepute; ill fame | To the starlet, any publicity
was good publicity: if she couldn't have a good reputation, she'd settle for
notoriety. |
| 2332 | novelty | नवीनता | something new; newness | The computer is no longer a
novelty around the office. |
| 2333 | novice | नौसिखिया | beginner | Even a novice can do good work
if he follows these simple directions. |
| 2334 | noxious | हानिकारक | harmful | We must trace the source of
these noxious gases before they asphyxiate us. |
| 2335 | nuance | अति सूक्ष्म अंतर | shade of difference in meaning
or color | The unskilled eye of the
layperson has difficulty in dicerning the nuances of color in the paintings. |
| 2336 | nubile | दांपत्य | marrigeable | Mrs. Bennet, in Pride and
Prejudice by Jane Austen, was worried about finding suitable husbands for her
five nubile daughters. |
| 2337 | nugatory | हेच | futile; worthless | This agreement is nugatory for
no court will enforce it. |
| 2338 | nullify | उठा देना | to make invalid | Once the contract was nullified,
it no longer had any legal force. |
| 2339 | numismatist | न्यूमिज़माटिस्ट | person who collects coins | The numismatist had a splendid
collection of antique coins. |
| 2340 | nuptial | शादी | related to marriage | Their nuptial ceremony was
performed in Golden Gate Park. |
| 2341 | nurture | पालन-पोषण | nourish; educate; foster | The head Start program attempts
to nurture prekindergarten children so that they will do well when they enter
public school. |
| 2342 | nutrient | पुष्टिकर | nourishing substance | As a budding nutritionist, Kim
has learned to design diets that contain foods rich in important basic
nutrients. |
