Glossary of 1,500 Common English Words
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name | ||
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to appoint; to nominate; to give a name to; n. a word by which a person, animal or thing is known or called | ||
narrow | ||
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limited in size or amount; not wide; having a short distance from one side to the other | ||
nation | ||
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a country, together with its social and political systems | ||
native | ||
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someone who was born in a place, not one who moved there | ||
natural | ||
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of or about nature; normal; common to its kind | ||
nature | ||
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all the plants, animals and other things on earth not created by humans; events or processes not caused by humans | ||
navy | ||
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the part of a country's military force trained to fight at sea | ||
near | ||
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not far; close to | ||
necessary | ||
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needed to get a result or effect; required | ||
need | ||
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to require; to want; to be necessary to have or to do | ||
negotiate | ||
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to talk about a problem or situation to find a common solution | ||
neither | ||
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not one or the other of two | ||
nerve | ||
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a thin piece of tissue that sends information through the body to and from the brain | ||
neutral | ||
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not supporting one side or the other in a dispute | ||
never | ||
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at no time; not ever | ||
new | ||
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not existing before; not known before; recently made, built, bought or grown; another; different | ||
news | ||
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information about any recent events, especially as reported by the media | ||
next | ||
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coming immediately after; nearest | ||
nice | ||
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pleasing; good; kind | ||
night | ||
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the time between when the sun goes down and when it rises, when there is little or no light | ||
no | ||
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used to reject or to refuse; not any; not at all | ||
noise | ||
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sound, especially when loud | ||
nominate | ||
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to name someone as a candidate for an election; to propose a person for an office or position | ||
noon | ||
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the middle of the day; twelve o'clock in the daytime | ||
normal | ||
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the usual condition, amount or form; ad. usual; what is expected | ||
north | ||
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the direction to the left of a person facing the rising sun | ||
not | ||
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a word showing that something is denied or untrue ("She is not going.") | ||
note | ||
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to talk about something already known; n. a word or words written to help a person remember; a short letter | ||
nothing | ||
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not anything; no thing | ||
now | ||
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at this time; immediately | ||
nowhere | ||
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not in, to or at any place | ||
nuclear | ||
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of or about the energy produced by splitting atoms or bringing them together; of or about weapons that explode by using energy from atoms | ||
nucleus | ||
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the center part of an atom or cell | ||
number | ||
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a word or sign used to show the order or amount of things | ||
nutrient | ||
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a food or substance that makes plants, humans or animals grow | ||