List 21 Flashcards
gainsay
gainsayV. /否认，拒绝/deny. She was too honest to gainsay the truth of the report.
gait
gaitN. /步态，步法；速度/manner of walking or running; speed. The lame man walked with an uneven gait.
gale
galeN. /大风；一阵感情的爆发/windstorm; gust of wind; emotional outburst (laughter, tears). The Weather Channel warned viewers about a rising gale, with winds of up to sixty miles per hour.
gall
gallN. /痛苦；烦恼；恼怒/bitterness; nerve. The knowledge of his failure filled him with gall.
gall
gall V. /惹恼；侮辱/annoy; chafe. Their taunts galled him.
galleon
galleonN. /大帆船/large sailing ship. The Spaniards pinned their hopes on the galleon, the large warship; the British, on the smaller and faster pinnace.
galvanize
galvanizeV. /电镀；刺激，激励/stimulate by shock; stir up; revitalize. News that the prince was almost at their door galvanized the ugly stepsisters into a frenzy of combing and primping.
gambit
gambitN. /弃子抢先/opening in chess in which a piece is sacrificed. The player was afraid to accept his opponent’s gambit because he feared a trap which as yet he could not see. gambolV. skip; leap playfully. Watching children gambol-ing in the park is a pleasant experience. also N.
gamely
gamely ADV. /勇敢的，有精神的/bravely; with spirit. Because he had fought gamely against a much superior boxer, the crowd gave him a standing ovation when he left the arena.
gamut
gamutN. /整个领域/entire range. In this performance, the leading lady was able to demonstrate the complete gamut of her acting ability.
gape
gape V. /张着嘴呆看；裂缝/open widely; stare open-mouthed. The huge pit gaped before him; if he stumbled, he would fall in. Slackjawed in wonder, Huck gaped at the huge stalactites hanging down from the ceiling of the limestone cavern.
garbled
garbledADJ. /混淆/mixed up; jumbled; distorted. A favorite party game involves passing a whispered message from one person to another until, by the time it reaches the last player, the message is totally garbled.
gargantuan
gargantuanADJ. /巨大的/huge; enormous. The gargantuan wrestler was terrified of mice.
garner
garnerV. /收集，储存/gather; store up. She hoped to garner the world’s literature in one library.
garrulous
garrulousADJ. /贫嘴/loquacious; wordy; talkative. My Uncle Henry can out-talk any three people I know. He is the most garrulous person in Cayuga County. garrulity, N.
gauche
gaucheADJ. /粗笨的，粗糙的/clumsy; coarse and uncouth. Compared to the sophisticated young ladies in their elegant gowns, tomboyish Jo felt gauche and out of place.
gaudy
gaudyADJ. /华而不实的/flashy; showy. The newest Trump skyscraper is typically gaudy, covered in gilded panels that gleam in the sun.
gaunt
gauntADJ. /瘦骨嶙峋，憔悴；荒芜/lean and angular; barren. His once round face looked surprisingly gaunt after he had lost weight.
gavel
gavelN. /棒槌/hammerlike tool; mallet. “Sold!” cried the auctioneer, banging her gavel on the table to indicate she’d accepted the final bid.
gawk
gawkV. /张着嘴呆看/stare foolishly; look in open-mouthed awe. The country boy gawked at the skyscrapers and neon lights of the big city.
genealogy
genealogyN. /家谱/record of descent; lineage. He was proud of his genealogy and constantly referred to the achievements of his ancestors.
geniality
geniality N. /亲切；同情/cheerfulness; kindliness; sympathy. This restaurant is famous and popular because of the geniality of the proprietor who tries to make everyone happy.
genteel
genteelADJ. /上流的/well-bred; elegant. We are looking for a man with a genteel appearance who can inspire confidence by his cultivated manner.
gentility
gentilityN. /有教养，文雅/those of gentle birth; refinement. Her family was proud of its gentility and elegance.
gentry
gentryN. /贵族/people of standing; class of people just below nobility. The local gentry did not welcome the visits of the summer tourists and tried to ignore their presence in the community.
germane
germaneADJ. /密切相关/pertinent; bearing upon the case at hand. The judge refused to allow the testimony to be heard by the jury because it was not germane to the case.
germinal
germinalADJ. /未成熟的，幼芽的/pertaining to a germ; creative. Such an idea is germinal, I am certain that it will influence thinkers and philosophers for many generations.
germinate
germinateV. /发芽/cause to sprout; sprout. After the seeds germinate and develop their permanent leaves, the plants may be removed from the cold frames and transplanted to the garden.
gesticulation
gesticulationN. /动作；手势/motion; gesture. Operatic performers are trained to make exaggerated gesticulations because of the large auditoriums in which they appear.
ghastly
ghastlyADJ. /恐怖的/horrible. The murdered man was a ghastly sight.
gibberish
gibberishN. /胡话；嘟囔/nonsense; babbling. Did you hear that fool boy spouting gibberish about monsters from outer space? gibber,V.
gibe
gibeV. /嘲笑/mock. As you gibe at their superstitious beliefs, do you realize that you, too, are guilty of similarly foolish thoughts?
giddy
giddyADJ. /眼花缭乱/light-hearted; dizzy. He felt his giddy youth was past.
gingerly
gingerlyADV. /小心翼翼地/very carefully. To separate egg whites, first crack the egg gingerly.
girth
girthN. /方圆；周围环境/distance around something; circumference. It took an extra-large cummerbund to fit around Andrew Carnegie’s considerable girth.
gist
gistN. /精华/essence. She was asked to give the gist of the essay in two sentences.
glacial
glacialADJ. /冰河的，冰川的/like a glacier; extremely cold. Never a warm person, when offended John could seem positively glacial.
glib
glibADJ. /光滑，柔顺；口齿伶俐，圆滑/fluent; facile; slick. Keeping up a steady patter to entertain his customers, the kitchen gadget salesman was a glib speaker, never at a loss for a word.
gloat
gloatV. /垂涎；幸灾乐祸，洋洋得意/express evil satisfaction; view malevolently. As you gloat over your ill-gotten wealth, do you think of the many victims you have defrauded?
glossary
glossaryN. /词汇表/brief explanation of words used in the text. I have found the glossary in this book very useful; it has eliminated many trips to the dictionary.
gloss over
gloss overV. /掩盖/explain away. No matter how hard he tried to talk around the issue, President Bush could not gloss over the fact that he had raised taxes after all.
glower
glowerV. /瞪着，愤怒的看着/scowl. The angry boy glowered at his father.
glut
glutV. /充斥；过量/overstock; fill to excess. The many manufacturers glutted the market and could not find purchasers for the excess articles they had produced. also N.
glutton
gluttonN. /暴饮暴食者，饭桶/someone who eats too much. When Mother saw that Bobby had eaten all the cookies, she called him a little glutton. gluttonous,ADJ.
gnarled
gnarledADJ. /扭曲/twisted. The gnarled oak tree had been a landmark for years and was mentioned in several deeds.
gnome
gnome N. /地精；小矮人；土地公公/dwarf; underground spirit. In medieval mythology, gnomes were the special guardians and inhabitants of subterranean mines.
goad
goadV. /刺激；激励；驱策/urge on. He was goaded by his friends until he yielded to their wishes. also N.
gorge
gorgeN. /峡谷/small, steep-walled canyon. The white-water rafting guide warned us about the rapids farther downstream, where the river cut through a narrow gorge.
gorge
gorgeV. /狼吞虎咽/stuff oneself. The gluttonous guest gorged himself with food as though he had not eaten for days.
gory
goryADJ. /血腥的/bloody. The audience shuddered as they listened to the details of the gory massacre.
