"G-" Vocabulary Flashcards

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Gainsay

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To deny, dispute, or oppose (v)

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Galvanize

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To startle into sudden action; stimulate (v)

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Gambol

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To skip about playfully, frolic (v)

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Garner

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To gather and save (v)

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Garrulous

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Pointlessly talkative, talking too much (adj)

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Gauch

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Crude, awkward, tasteless (adj)

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Germane

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Relevant to the subject at hand (adj)

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Glib

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Marked by ease for informality; nonchalant (adj)

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Gossamer

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Delicate, insubstantial or tenuous; insincere (adj)

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Grandiloquence

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Pompous speech or expression (n)

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Gregarious

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Sociable; outgoing (adj)

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Grouse

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To complain or grumble (adj)

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Guile

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Trickery, duplicity, cunning (n)

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