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Describing Words — Lesson 15

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mysterious
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mysterious

mɪˈstɪriəs
of an obscure nature; ; ; ; - Rachel Carson
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naked
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naked

ˈneɪkɪd
completely unclothed
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nasty
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nasty

ˈnæsti
offensive or even (of persons) malicious; ; ; ; ; ; - Ezra Pound
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nearby
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nearby

close at hand
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nearly
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nearly

(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
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neat
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neat

niːt
clean or organized
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neither
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neither

ˈnaɪðər
not either; not one or the other
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never
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never

not ever; at no time in the past or future
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nuclear
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nuclear

ˈnuːkliər
(weapons) deriving destructive energy from the release of atomic energy
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obvious
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obvious

ˈɑbviəs
easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind
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odd
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odd

ɑd
not divisible by two
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often
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often

ˈɔːfən
many times at short intervals
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