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| gaiety |
n. merriment; cheerfulness; being gay |
| gaily |
Merrily. |
| gait |
n. manner of walking or running |
| gallant |
adj. brave |
| galore |
adv. (following ns ) in plenty |
| galvanic |
adj. producing an electric current by chemical action |
| galvanism |
Current electricity, especially that arising from chemical
action. |
| galvanize |
to stimulate or excite as if by an electric shock |
| gamble |
v. play games of chance, etc for money |
| gambol |
v. (US also -l-) jump or skip about playfully |
| gamester |
A gambler. |
| gamut |
n. the gamut complete range or scale |
| garnish |
v. ~ sth decorate (food for the table) with small additional
amounts of food |
| garrison |
n. troops stationed in a town or fort |
| garrote |
To execute by strangling. |
| garrulous |
adj. talking too much, esp about unimportant things |
| gaseous |
adj. like, containing or being gas |
| gastric |
adj. of the stomach |
| gastritis |
n. inflammation of the stomach |
| gastronomy |
n. art and science of choosing, cooking and eating
good food |
| gauge |
n. standard measure, esp of width or thickness |
| gendarme |
n. member of a military force employed on police duties,
esp in France and French-speaking countries |
| genealogist |
n. student of or expert in genealogy |
| genealogy |
n. study of family history, showing who the ancestors
of particular people were and how they were related to
each other |
| generality |
n. general statement, esp one that is vague or indefinite |
| generalize |
To draw general inferences. |
| generally |
adv. by most people; widely |
| generate |
v. cause to exist or occur; produce |
| generic |
adj. shared by or including a whole group or class;
not specific |
| generosity |
n. quality of being generous |
| genesis |
n. (fml) beginning; starting-point; origin |
| genital |
adj. of animal reproduction or reproductive organs |
| genitive |
n. special form of a noun, a pronoun or an adjective
used (in certain inflected languages) to indicate or describe
esp possession , |
| genteel |
adj. polite or refined in an affected or exaggerated
way |
| gentile |
n, adj not Jewish |
| geology |
n. scientific study of the earth's crust, rocks, strata,
etc and of the history of its development |
| germane |
adj. ~ (fml ) relevant |
| germinate |
v. start growing |
| gestation |
n. carrying or being carried in the womb between conception
and birth |
| gesticulate |
v. move the hands or arms instead of speaking or to
emphasize one's words |
| gesture |
n. expressive movement of a part of the body, esp the
hand or head |
| ghastly |
adj. causing horror or fear |
| gibe |
v. ~ (at sb/sth) jeer at or mock sb/sth; make fun of
sb/sth |
| giddy |
adj. having the feeling that everything is turning
round and that one is going to fall |
| gigantic |
adj. of very great size or extent; immense |
| giver |
n. one who gives |
| glacial |
adj. of the Ice Age |
| glacier |
n. mass of ice, formed by snow on mountains, moving
slowly down a valley |
| gladden |
v. make glad or happy |
| glazier |
n. person who fits glass into the frames of windows,
etc |
| glimmer |
v. send out a weak unsteady light |
| glimpse |
n. ~ (at sth) short look |
| globose |
Spherical. |
| globular |
adj. shaped like a globe or ball; spherical ; |
| glorious |
adj. having, worthy of or bringing great fame or glory |
| glutinous |
adj. of or like gluten; sticky |
| gluttonous |
adj. very greedy for food |
| gnash |
v. grind (one's teeth) together as a sign of great
emotion |
| gosling |
n. young goose |
| gossamer |
n. fine silky substance of webs made by small spiders,
floating in calm air or spread over grass, etc |
| gourd |
n. type of climbing or trailing plant |
| gourmand |
n. lover of food; glutton ; |
| graceless |
adj. without grace or elegance |
| gradation |
n. gradual change from one thing to another |
| gradient |
n. degree of slope, as on a road, railway, etc |
| granary |
n. building where grain is stored |
| grandeur |
n. greatness; magnificence; impressiveness |
| grandiloquent |
adj. using or being a pompous style of speech, full
of words which ordinary people do not understand |
| grandiose |
adj. planned on a large scale; (intended to seem) imposing |
| grantee |
The person to whom property is transferred by deed. |
| granular |
adj. like, containing or consisting of small hard pieces |
| granulate |
v. form into grains or have a granular surface or texture |
| granule |
n. small hard piece; small grain |
| grapple |
v. ~ seize (an opponent) firmly and try to fight |
| gratification |
n. gratifying or being gratified; state of being pleased
or satisfied |
| gratify |
v. (fml ) give pleasure or satisfaction to (sb) |
| gratuitous |
adj. done, given or acting unnecessarily, purposely
and without good reason |
| gratuity |
n. money given to sb who has done one a service; tip
; |
| gravity |
n. force that attracts objects in space towards each
other, and on the earth pulls them towards the centre
of the planet, so that things fall to the ground when
dropped |
| gregarious |
adj. liking to be with other people |
| grenadier |
n. soldier who threw grenades; (now) soldier in the
Grenadiers (or Grenadier Guards), a British infantry regiment
; |
| grief |
n. ~ deep or violent sorrow |
| grievance |
n. ~ real or imagined cause for complaint or protest
(used esp with the vs shown) |
| grievous |
adj. causing grief or suffering |
| grimace |
n. ugly twisted expression (on the face), expressing
pain, disgust, etc or intended to cause laughter |
| grindstone |
n. stone shaped like a wheel, turned on an axle, against
which one holds knives or other tools to sharpen them |
| grisly |
adj. causing horror or terror; ghastly |
| grotesque |
adj. strangely distorted so as to arouse fear or laughter;
fantastic |
| grotto |
n. cave, esp one made artificially as a garden shelter |
| guess |
v. ~ (at sth) give an answer, form an opinion or make
a statement about (sth) without calculating or measuring
and without definite knowledge |
| guile |
n. deceit; cunning |
| guileless |
without deceit |
| guinea |
n. (gold coin worth the) sum of |
| guise |
n. style of dress |
| gullible |
adj. willing to believe anything or anyone; easily
deceived |
| gumption |
n. common sense and initiative; qualities likely to
bring success |
| gusto |
n. enthusiastic vigour in doing sth |
| guy |
n. rope or chain used to keep sth steady or secured,
eg to hold a tent in place |
| guzzle |
v. ~ ~ sth (down/up) (infml ) eat or drink sth greedily |
| gynecocracy |
Female supremacy. |
| gynecology |
The science that treats of the functions and diseases
peculiar to women. |
| gyrate |
v. move around in circles or spirals; revolve ; |
| gyroscope |
n. device containing a wheel which, when its spins
fast, always maintains the same orientation regardless
of any movement of the supporting structure, often used
in ships' stabilizers |
