Set 9 A
Terms
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- n furtive
- stealthy; quiet and secret (trying to escape notice); sneaky; Ex. furtive glance
- n garrulous
- loquacious; wordy; talkative; N. garrulity
- n fusillade
- simultaneous firing or outburst (of missiles, questions, etc.)
- generality
- vague statement; general statement which is not detailed; quality of being general; greater part; most; Ex. generality of people
- n garbled
- mixed up; jumbled; distorted; V. garble: mix up or distort (a message) to such an extent as to make misleading or unintelligible
- fundamental
- basic; primary; essential
- n gainsay
- deny
- s pinnace
- small boat
- n gamely
- in a spirited manner; with courage; Ex. fight gamely against a superior boxer; ADJ. game
- n gambit
- opening in chess in which a piece is sacrificed; action made to produce a future advantage
- gale
- windstorm; gust of wind; emotional outburst (laughters, tears); Ex. gale of laughter
- n gall
- annoy; exasperate; chafe; N: skin sore caused by rubbing (as on the skin of a horse); exasperation
- s germ
- earliest form of an organism; seed or bud; something that may develop into something larger or more important; microbe
- s romp
- play or frolic boisterously; gambol; N.
- n gape
- open widely; open the mouth wide; stare wonderingly with the mouth open; CF. agape
- s gild
- cover with a thin layer of gold
- n gait
- manner of walking or running; speed
- s ploy
- strategem to gain an advantage; tactic; Ex. management ploy
- n funereal
- sad; solemn; suitable for a funeral
- gargoyle
- waterspout carved in grotesque figures on a building
- n gall
- bitterness of feeling; nerve; effrontery; ´ãÁó(bile); CF. gall bladder
- gerontocracy
- government ruled by old people
- germane
- pertinent; bearing upon(having connection with) the case at hand; appropriate
- n gambol
- romp; skip about; leap about playfully; frolic; N.
- n gamut
- entire range
- n garish
- overbright in color; unpleasantly bright; gaudy
- fusion
- union; coalition; V. fuse
- n geniality
- cheerfulness; kindliness; sympathy; ADJ. genial: cheerful and good-tempered
- genesis
- beginning; origin
- n germinal
- pertaining to a germ; creative; Ex. germinal idea
- s zest
- outer skin of an orange used for giving a special taste to food; spice; interest; flavor; spirited enjoyment; Ex. add a certain zest to the affair; Ex. zest for life
- n genteel
- well-bred; elegant; striving to convey an appearance of refinement; Ex. genteel poverty
- gauche
- clumsy (in social behavior); coarse and uncouth
- s genus
- division of animals or plants, below a family and above a species
- n garner
- gather; store up; amass
- n galvanize
- stimulate or shock by an electric current; stimulate by shock; shock into action; stir up; coat with rust-resistant zinc by using electricity
- s trim
- make neat or tidy by clipping; reduce by removing what is unnecessary; ornament; decorate (round the edges); Ex. trim the cost; Ex. jacket trimmed with fur; N. ADJ: tidy; in good order
- n garnish
- decorate; add a garnish to; decorate (food or drink) with small items such as lemon slices; N.
- n gastronomy
- art and science of preparing and serving good food; CF. gastronome
- n furor
- frenzy; great anger and excitement; CF. fury
- germinate
- cause to sprout; sprout
- n gentility
- those of gentle birth; high social class; refinement; quality of being genteel
- s galvanic
- of the production of electricity by the action of an acid on a metal; having the effect of an electric shock; Ex. galvanic cell; galvanic effect; CF. Luigi Galvani
- s shoot
- new growth from a plant
- n gentry
- people of standing(rank or position); people of good family or high social position; class of people just below nobility
- s jumble
- mix in a confused way
- galleon
- large three-masted sailing ship
- n gadfly
- animal-biting fly; irritating person
- n gargantuan
- huge; enormous; gigantic; CF. the hero of Gargantua and Pantagruel