Word List 21 Flashcards by Joseline lu | Brainscape

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Gainsay

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Deny

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Gait

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Manner of walking or running

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Gale

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Windstorm; gust of wind; emotional outburst

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Gall

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Bitterness; nerve

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Galvanize

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Stimulate by shock; stir up; revitalize

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Gambit

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Opening in chess in which a piece is sacrificed

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Gambol

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Skip; leap playfully

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Gamely

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Bravely

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Gamut

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Entire range

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Gape

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Open widely; stare open-mouthed

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Garbled

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Mixed up; jumbled; distorted

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Gargantuan

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Huge; enormous

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Garish

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Over-bright in color; gaudy

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Garner

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Gather; store up

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Garnish

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Decorate

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Garrulous

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Loquacious; wordy

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Gauche

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Clumsy; coarse and uncouth

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Gaudy

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Flashy; showy

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Gaunt

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Lean and angular

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Gawk

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Stare foolishly

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Genealogy

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Record of descent

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Generality

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Vague statement

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Generic

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Characteristic of an entire class of species

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Genesis

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Beginning; origin

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Genteel

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Well-bred; elegant

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Gentry

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People of standing; class of people just below nobility

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Germane

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Pertinent; bearing upon the case at hand

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Germinal

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Pertaining to a germ; creative

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Germinate

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Cause to sprout; sprout

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Gesticulation

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Motion; gesture

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Ghastly

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Horrible

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Gibberish

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Nonsense; babbling

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Gibe

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Mock; taunt; scoff at

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Gingerly

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Very carefully

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Girth

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Distance around something; circumference

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Gist

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Essence

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Glacial

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Like a glacier; extremely cold

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Glaring

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highly conspicuous; harshly bright

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Glib

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Fluent; facile

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Glimmer

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shine erratically; twinkle

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Gloat

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Express evil satisfaction; view malevolently

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Glower

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Scowl

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Glut

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Overstock; fill to excess

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Glutton

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Someone who eats too much

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Gnarled

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Twisted

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Gnome

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Dwarf

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Goad

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Urge on; spur; incite

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Gorge

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Small, steep-walled canyon

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Gorge

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Stuff oneself

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Gory

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Bloody