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- gentry
- people of standing; people of good family or high social position; class of people just below nobility
- germinal
- pertaining to a germ; creative; Ex. germinal idea
- gesticulation
- motion; gesture; V. gesticulate: make gestures
- geniality
- cheerfulness; kindliness; sympathy; ADJ. genial: cheerful and good-tempered
- gaudy
- flashy; showy
- gall
- annoy; exasperate; chafe; N: skin sore caused by rubbing ; exasperation
- gavel
- hammerlike tool; mallet used by a presiding officer or an auctioneer; V.
- gerontocracy
- government ruled by old people
- gibe
- mock; make jeering remarks; N: jeering remarks
- gibberish
- nonsense; nonsensical or unintelligible talk or writing; babbling
- gait
- manner of walking or running; speed
- genteel
- well-bred; elegant; striving to convey an appearance of refinement; Ex. genteel poverty
- ghastly
- horrible; terrifying; resembling ghosts; CF. aghast
- gape
- open widely; open the mouth wide; stare wonderingly with the mouth open; CF. agape
- gamut
- entire range
- gerrymander
- change voting district lines in order to favor a political party; N. CF. Elbridge Gerry + mander
- galaxy
- large isolated system of stars, such as the Milky Way; collection of brilliant personalities
- garner
- gather; store up; amass
- gambol
- romp; skip about; leap about playfully; frolic; N.
- gainsay
- deny
- genre
- particular variety of art or literature
- generality
- vague statement; general statement which is not detailed; quality of being general; greater part; most; Ex. generality of people
- genesis
- beginning; origin
- gall
- bitterness of feeling; nerve; effrontery; CF. gall bladder
- generate
- cause; produce; create
- girth
- distance around something; circumference
- gingerly
- very carefully; ADJ.
- galvanize
- stimulate or shock by an electric current; stimulate by shock; shock into action; stir up; coat with rust-resistant zinc by using electricity
- giddy
- light-hearted; not serious; frivolous; dizzy; causing dizziness; Ex. giddy youth; Ex. giddy climb/height
- gargoyle
- waterspout carved in grotesque figures on a building
- gambit
- opening in chess in which a piece is sacrificed; action made to produce a future advantage
- galleon
- large three-masted sailing ship
- gale
- windstorm; gust of wind; emotional outburst ; Ex. gale of laughter
- generic
- characteristic of an entire class or species; of a genus
- genuflect
- bend the knee as in worship
- gestate
- evolve as in prenatal growth; N. gestation: period of development from conception until birth
- garish
- overbright in color; unpleasantly bright; gaudy
- gamely
- in a spirited manner; with courage; Ex. fight gamely against a superior boxer; ADJ. game
- gentility
- those of gentle birth; high social class; refinement; quality of being genteel
- gargantuan
- huge; enormous; gigantic; CF. the hero of Gargantua and Pantagruel
- gauche
- clumsy ; coarse and uncouth
- garbled
- mixed up; jumbled; distorted; V. garble: mix up or distort to such an extent as to make misleading or unintelligible
- gaunt
- lean and angular; thin and bony; emaciated; barren
- gadfly
- animal-biting fly; irritating person
- genealogy
- record of descent; lineage; ancestry; study of ancestry
- gawk
- stare foolishly; look in open-mouthed awe
- gaffe
- social blunder
- germinate
- cause to sprout; sprout
- germane
- pertinent; bearing upon the case at hand; appropriate
- garnish
- decorate; add a garnish to; decorate with small items such as lemon slices; N.
- gazette
- official periodical publication; newspaper
- gastronomy
- art and science of preparing and serving good food; CF. gastronome
- garrulous
- loquacious; wordy; talkative; N. garrulity
- gist
- essence; main point; substance