"G" Word List Flashcards
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gadfly
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a person who annoys others
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gaff
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a hook
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gainsay
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to deny; to contradict
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gait
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manner of walking
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gall
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bitterness
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gallant
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polite; noble
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galvanize
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to stimulate; to startle into sudden activity
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gambit
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strategy; an opening one uses to advantage
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gambol
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to frolic; to romp about
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gamut
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the whole range or extent
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garish
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tastelessly gaudy
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garner
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to gather; to acquire
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garrulous
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talkative
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gauche
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awkward; tactless
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gaudy
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flashy; showy
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gaunt
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thin and bony; bleak and barren
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gazette
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newspaper
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gelid
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very cold; frozen
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genial
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warm; friendly
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genteel
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polite; refined
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gentry
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upper-class people
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genuflect
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to kneel; to bend the knee
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germane
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relevant; fitting
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gerontology
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the study of older people and their problems
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gesticulation
lively or excited gesture
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gibbet
gallows from which criminals are hanged
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gibe
scoff
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gild
to cover with gold
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gird
to encircle
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glib
fluent;smooth
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glissade
a skillful glide over snow or ice in descending a mountain
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gloaming
twilight; dusk
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glower
to frown; to stare angrily at
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glutinous
gluey; sticky
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gnarled
knotty; twisted; roughened
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goad
to encourage; to spur on
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gossamer
light; flimsy; fine
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gothic
medieval; mysterious
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gourmand
a glutton; a person who eats excessively
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grandiloquent
pretentious; speaking in a pompous style
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gregarious
sociable; friendly
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grimace
a distorted face; an expression of disapproval
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grisly
horrible; gruesome; ghastly
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grotto
a cave
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guile
deceit; trickery
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gull
to trick; to deceive
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gumption
courage and initiative
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gustatory
pertaining to the sense of taste
