List Of Word G Flashcards
Gauche (gohsh)
Adjective
Unskillful; awkward; maladroit
Samar has a poor sense of comic timing, and her gauche attempts to mock her left handed friends soon left her with none.
Garrulous
Adjective
Talkative; chatty
Gabriella is a gregarious and garrulous; she loves to hang out with the gang and gab.
Genre ( ZHAHN ruh)
Noun
A type or category, especially of art or writing
The novel is one literary genre. Poetry is another.
Genteel ( jen TEEL)
Adjective
Refined; polite ; aristocratic ; affecting refinement
The ladies at the ball were too genteel to accept our invitation to the wrestling match.
Gesticulate ( jes TIK yuh layt)
Verb
To make gestures, especially when speaking or in place of speaking
Massimo gesticulated wildly on the other side of the theater in an attempt to get our attention.
Glut ( glut)
Noun
Surplus; an overabundance
The international oil shortage turned into an international oil glut with surprising speed.
Grandiloquent ( gran DIL uh kwunt)
Adjective
Pompous; using a lot of big, fancy words in an attempt to sound impressive
The new minister’s grandiloquence got him in trouble with deacons, who wanted him to be more restrained in his sermons.
Grandiose ( GRAN dee ohs)
Adjective
Absurdly exaggerated
The scientist’s grandiose plan was to build huge shopping center on the surface of the moon.
Gratuitous ( gruh TOO uh tus)
Adjective Given freely ( said of something bad); unjustified ; unprovoked ; uncalled for The attack against us was gratuitous ; we had never done anything to offend them
Gravity
Noun
Seriousness
Gregarious ( gruh GAR ee us)
Adjective
Sociable; enjoying the company of others
Dirk was too gregarious to enjoy the fifty years he spent in solitary Confinement
Guile ( gyle)
Noun Cunning; duplicity ; artfulness Jose used guile , not intelligence, to win the spelling bee; he cheated Guileless and artless are synonyms Beguile is to deceive.
