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List 21 Flashcards

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gainsay

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gainsay​V. /否认，拒绝/deny. She was too honest to gainsay the truth of the report.

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gait

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gait​N. /步态，步法；速度/manner of walking or running; speed. The lame man walked with an uneven gait.

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gale

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gale​N. /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.

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gall

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gall​N. /痛苦；烦恼；恼怒/bitterness; nerve. The knowledge of his failure filled him with gall.

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gall

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gall ​V. /惹恼；侮辱/annoy; chafe. Their taunts galled him.

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galleon

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galleon​N. /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.

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galvanize

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galvanize​V. /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.

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gambit

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gambit​N. /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. gambol​V. skip; leap playfully. Watching children gambol-ing in the park is a pleasant experience. also N.

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gamely

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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.

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gamut

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gamut​N. /整个领域/entire range. In this performance, the leading lady was able to demonstrate the complete gamut of her acting ability.

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gape

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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.

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garbled

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garbled​ADJ. /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.

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gargantuan

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gargantuan​ADJ. /巨大的/huge; enormous. The gargantuan wrestler was terrified of mice.

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garner

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garner​V. /收集，储存/gather; store up. She hoped to garner the world’s literature in one library.

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garrulous

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garrulous​ADJ. /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.

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gauche

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gauche​ADJ. /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.

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gaudy

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gaudy​ADJ. /华而不实的/flashy; showy. The newest Trump skyscraper is typically gaudy, covered in gilded panels that gleam in the sun.

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gaunt

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gaunt​ADJ. /瘦骨嶙峋，憔悴；荒芜/lean and angular; barren. His once round face looked surprisingly gaunt after he had lost weight.

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gavel

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gavel​N. /棒槌/hammerlike tool; mallet. “Sold!” cried the auctioneer, banging her gavel on the table to indicate she’d accepted the final bid.

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gawk

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gawk​V. /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.

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genealogy

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genealogy​N. /家谱/record of descent; lineage. He was proud of his genealogy and constantly referred to the achievements of his ancestors.

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geniality

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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.

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genteel

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genteel​ADJ. /上流的/well-bred; elegant. We are looking for a man with a genteel appearance who can inspire confidence by his cultivated manner.

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gentility

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gentility​N. /有教养，文雅/those of gentle birth; refinement. Her family was proud of its gentility and elegance.

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gentry

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gentry​N. /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.

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germane

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germane​ADJ. /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.

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germinal

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germinal​ADJ. /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.

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germinate

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germinate​V. /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.

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gesticulation

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gesticulation​N. /动作；手势/motion; gesture. Operatic performers are trained to make exaggerated gesticulations because of the large auditoriums in which they appear.

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ghastly

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ghastly​ADJ. /恐怖的/horrible. The murdered man was a ghastly sight.

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gibberish

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gibberish​N. /胡话；嘟囔/nonsense; babbling. Did you hear that fool boy spouting gibberish about monsters from outer space? gibber,V.

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gibe

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gibe​V. /嘲笑/mock. As you gibe at their superstitious beliefs, do you realize that you, too, are guilty of similarly foolish thoughts?

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giddy

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giddy​ADJ. /眼花缭乱/light-hearted; dizzy. He felt his giddy youth was past.

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gingerly

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gingerly​ADV. /小心翼翼地/very carefully. To separate egg whites, first crack the egg gingerly.

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girth

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girth​N. /方圆；周围环境/distance around something; circumference. It took an extra-large cummerbund to fit around Andrew Carnegie’s considerable girth.

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gist

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gist​N. /精华/essence. She was asked to give the gist of the essay in two sentences.

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glacial

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glacial​ADJ. /冰河的，冰川的/like a glacier; extremely cold. Never a warm person, when offended John could seem positively glacial.

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glib

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glib​ADJ. /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.

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gloat

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gloat​V. /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?

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glossary

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glossary​N. /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.

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gloss over

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gloss over​V. /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.

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glower

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glower​V. /瞪着，愤怒的看着/scowl. The angry boy glowered at his father.

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glut

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glut​V. /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.

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glutton

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glutton​N. /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.

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gnarled

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gnarled​ADJ. /扭曲/twisted. The gnarled oak tree had been a landmark for years and was mentioned in several deeds.

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gnome

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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.

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goad

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goad​V. /刺激；激励；驱策/urge on. He was goaded by his friends until he yielded to their wishes. also N.

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gorge

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gorge​N. /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.

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gorge

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gorge​V. /狼吞虎咽/stuff oneself. The gluttonous guest gorged himself with food as though he had not eaten for days.

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gory

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gory​ADJ. /血腥的/bloody. The audience shuddered as they listened to the details of the gory massacre.

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