Vocabulary - G
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- gelid
- very cold; frozen
- genesis
- origin; beginning
- gaudy
- flashy; showy
- gauche
- awkward; tactless
- genteel
- polite; refined
- gadfly
- a person who annoys others
- garner
- to gather; to acquire
- ghoul
- grave robber; ogre
- gesticulation
- lively or excited gesture
- gild
- to cover with gold
- gird
- to encircle
- gen (gr)
- kind, race, birth; as generate, generic, generation
- gerontology
- the study of older people and their problems
- galvanize
- to stiumlate; to startle into sudden activity
- gamut
- the whole range or extent
- grad, gress (gr)
- step, go; as graduate, digress
- garish
- tastelessly gaudy
- gaff
- a hook
- gazebo
- an open structure with an enjoyable view
- gambit
- strategy; an opening one uses to advantage
- gibbet
- gallows from which criminals are hanged
- grat (gr)
- pleasing; as gratitude, congratulate
- gall
- bitterness
- genocide
- killing of a race of people
- gazette
- newspaper
- gambol
- to frolic; to romp about
- gest (gr)
- carry, bring; as congestion, gestation
- give
- to scoff; to ridicule
- graph (gr)
- write; as autograph, graphic
- germane
- relevant; fitting