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Mollify:
MEANING: Calm or soothe; gain the good will of
SENTENCE: We tried to mollify the hysterical child by promising her
many gifts.
Morbid:
MEANING: Suggesting the horror of death and decay
SENTENCE: The stories of the war were morbid and upsetting to the
children.
Morose:
MEANING: Extremely gloomy and depressed
SENTENCE: She was morose after her aunt passed away.
Mundane
: MEANING: Common, ordinary
SENTENCE: He was concerned only with mundane matters; where to park
the car, what butcher was best etc.

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- N -
Nascent:
MEANING: The birth or beginning of something
SENTENCE: If we could identify these revolutionary movements in their
nascent state, we would be able to eliminate serious trouble in later years.
Negate:
MEANING: Make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of
SENTENCE: The discovery of one dinosaur jaw negated the wisdom that
all dinosaurs were vegetarian; that jaw was from a carnivore.
Nuance:
MEANING: Shade of subtle difference in meaning, colour or
feeling; 
SENTENCE: The unskilled eye of the layperson has difficulty in
discerning the nuances of colour in the painting.

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- O -
Obdurate
: MEANING: Stubborn
SENTENCE: I argued this point with him, but he was obdurate despite all
the convincing reasons I could give.
Objurgation:
MEANING: Harsh criticism
SENTENCE: When someone receives a severe scolding, they experience
objurgation.
Neophyte:
MEANING: A person who is brand new to a subject or activity
SENTENCE: Four-day cooking classes are offered to both neophytes and
experts.
Nettlesome
: MEANING: Causing irritation or annoyance; easily annoyed
SENTENCE: She found the paperwork in her job very nettlesome.
Notoriety:
MEANING: Famous but for negative reasons
SENTENCE: The notoriety of Pakistan as a corrupt state is due to its lack
of a genuine system for accountability.