Sunday, 16 June 2024, 10:12 AM
Site: STRATUS
Course: Moodle Activity Examples (Moodle Activity Examples)
Glossary: English Words From Voice of America (Charles Kelly)
N
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 |