vocab 15

Question 1

Girth

Answer 1

The Thickness of something, or to surround something
SYN: circumference, waist, width, bulk

Question 2

Gloat

Answer 2

To linger on ones own success with smugness
SYN: relish, brag, revel in

Question 3

Glutton

Answer 3

An excess of greedy behaviour, typically with food
SYN: gourmand, overeater, gorger

Question 4

Gossamer

Answer 4

Something fine/thin and delicate, similar to a spiders web
SYN: silk, gauzy, ultra-fine

Question 5

Grandiloquent

Answer 5

Something grand, fancy or elegant in a way made to impress
SYN: pompous, pretentious, flowery

Question 6

Grandiose

Answer 6

Impressively grand/elegant in a pretentious manner
SYN: magnificent, ambitious, awe-inspiring

Question 7

Guile

Answer 7

Intelligence that is sly or cunning
SYN: crafty, devious

Question 8

Guise

Answer 8

An external form concealing a true nature, a disguise
SYN: semblance, facade

Question 9

Harangue

Answer 9

A lengthy speech
SYN: lecture, diatribe, rant

Question 10

Harrowing

Answer 10

Distressing
SYN: torment, afflict, mortify