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- gibe
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v.mock
As you gibe at their superstitious beliefs, do you realize that you, too, are guilty of similarly foolish thoughts? - giddy
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adj.light-hearted; dizzy.
He felt his giddy youth was past - gingerly
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adv.very carefully
To seperate egg whites, first crack the egg ginerly. - girth
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n.distance around something; circumferece
Dick girth - gist
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n.essence.
She was asked to give the gist of the essay in two sentences. - glacial
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adj. like a glacier; extremely cold
Never a warm person, when offended Hugo could seem positively glacial; a glacial stare. - glaring
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adj. highly conspicuous; harshly bright
glaring spelling or grammatical errors in your resume will unfavorably impress potential employers - glaze
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v.cover with a thin and shiny surface
The freezing rain glazed the streets and made driving hazardous - glean
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v.To gather grain left behind by reapers
After the crops had been harvested by the machine, the peasants were permitted to glean the wheat left in field - glib
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adj. fluent; facile; slick
He was a glib speaker - glimmer
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v.shine erratically; twinkle
the glowworms hanging from the cavern roof glimmered like distant stars - gloat
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v.express evil satisfaction; view malevolently
As you gloat over your ill-gotten wealth, do you think of the many victims you have defrauded? - gloss over
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v.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 - glossary
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n.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 - glossy
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adj.smooth and shining
I want this photograph printed on glossy paper, not matte - glower
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v.scowl怒視
The angry boy glowered at his father - glut
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v.overstock;fill to excess
The many manufacturers glutted the market and could not find purchasers for the many articles they had produced - glutinous
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adj.sticky;viscous
Molasses is a glutinous substance - glutton
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n.someone who eats too much.
when Mother saw that Bobby had eaten all the cookes, she called him a little glutton. ADJ.gluttonous - gorge
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v.stuff oneself
the gluttonous guest gorged himself with food as though he had not eaten for days - gory
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adj.bloody
The audience shuddered as they listen to the details of the gory masscre. N.gore - gossamer
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adj.sheeré€æ˜Žçš„;like cobwebs
Nylon can be woven into gossamer or thick fabrics - gourmand
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n.epicure; person who takes excessive pleasure in food and drink
Gourmands lack self-restraint; if they enjoy a particula cuisine , they eat far too much of it - gourmet
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n.connoisseur of food and drink
The gourmet stated that this was the best onion soup she had ever tasted - graduated
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adj. arranged by degrees (of height, difficulty, etc)
Margaret loved her graduated set of Russian hollow wooden dolls; she spent hours happily putting the smaller dolls into their larger counterparts - grandiose
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adj.pretentious; high-flown; ridiculously exaggerated; impressive
The aged matinee idol still had grandiose notions of his supposed importance in the theatrical world - granulate
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v.form into grains
Sugar that has been granulated dissolves more readily than lump sugar. N.granule - grapple
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v.wrestle; come to grips with
He grappled with the burglar and overpowered him - grate
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v.make a harsh noise; have an unplesant effect; shred
grated her teeth in anger; The screams of the quarreling children grated on her nerves - gratify
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v.please
Lori's parents were gratified by her successful performance on the GRE - gratis
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adv. free
The company offered to give one package gratis to every purchaser of one of their products. - gratuitous
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adj. given freely; unwarranted; uncalled for.
Quit making gratuitous comments about my driving; no one asked you for your opinion. - gratuity
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n.tip
Many service employees rely more on gratuities than on salaries for their livelihood - grievance
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n.cause of complaint
When her supervisor ignored her complaint, she took her grievance to the union - grill
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v.question severely.
In violation of Miranda law, the police grilled the suspect for several hours before reading him his rights - grimace
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n.a facial distortion to show feeling sucha s pain , disgust, etc
Even though he remained silent, his grimace indicated his displeasure - grisly
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adj,ghastly
She shuddered at the grisly sight. - grotesque
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adj.fantastic; comically hideous
On halloween, people enjoy wearing grotesque constumes - grotto
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n.small cavern.
The Blue grottto in Capri can be entered only by small boats rowed by natives through a natural opening in the rocks - grouse
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v.complain;fuss
Students traditonally grouse about the abysmal quality of "mystery meat" and similar dormitory food - grovel
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v.crawl or creep on ground; remain prostrate.
Even though we have been defeated, we do not have to grovel before our conquerors - grudging
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adj.unwilling; reluctant; stingy.
We received only grudging support from the mayor despite his earlier promises of aid - gruel
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n.thin, liquid porridge
Our daily allotment of gruel made the meal not only monotonous but also unpalatable - grueling
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adj.exhausting
The marathon is a grueling race - gruff
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adj.rough-mannered
Although he was blunt and gruff with most people, he was always gentle with children - guffaw
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n.boisterous laughter
The loud guffaws that came from the closed room indicated that the members of the committee had not yet settled down to serious business - guile
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n.deceit; duplicity; wiliness; cunning
lago uses considerable guile to trick Othello into believing that Desdemona has been unfaithful - guise
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n.appearance; costume
In the guise of a plumber, the detective investigated the murder case. - gull
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v.trick; hoodwink
Confident no one could gull him, Paul prided himself on his skeptical disposition - gustatory
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adj.affecting the sense of taste
The Thai restaurant offered an unusal gustatory experience for those used to a bland cuisine - gruesome
- adj.grisly;horrible
- gyroscope
- n.apparatus used to maintain balance
- graphic
- adj.pertaining to the art of delineating; vividly described
- gouge(2)
- v. tear out
- granary
- n.storehouse for grain
- gravity
- n.seriousness
- gnome
- n.dwarf
- gnarled
- adj.twisted
- gibberish
- n.nonsense;babbling
- gorge N
- n.narrow canyon;