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Lion (India)
GRE Barron's 15th ed.
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  1. gouge
    an impression in a surface, as made by a blow
  2. gourmand
    a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess
  3. gourmet
    a person highly knowledgeable and appreciative of fine food and drink
  4. graduated
    marked with or divided into degrees
  5. granary
    a storehouse for threshed grain or animal feed
  6. grandeur
    the quality of being magnificent or splendid
  7. grandiloquent
    lofty in style
  8. grandiose
    impressive because of unnecessary largeness or magnificence
  9. granulated
    made grainy or formed into granules
  10. graphic
    written or drawn or engraved
  11. grapple
    work hard to come to terms with or deal with something
  12. grate
    reduce to shreds by rubbing against a perforated surface
  13. gratify
    make happy or satisfied
  14. gratis
    costing nothing
  15. gratuitous
    unnecessary and unwarranted
  16. gratuity
    a small, extra gift of money for services rendered
  17. gravity
    the force of attraction between all masses in the universe
  18. gregarious
    temperamentally seeking and enjoying the company of others
  19. grievance
    a complaint about a wrong that causes resentment
  20. grill
    a framework of metal bars used as a partition or a grate
  21. grimace
    contort the face to indicate a certain mental state
  22. grisly
    shockingly repellent; inspiring horror
  23. grotesque
    distorted and unnatural in shape or size
  24. grotto
    a small cave, usually with attractive features
  25. grouse
    popular game bird having a plump body and feathered legs
  26. grovel
    show submission or fear
  27. grudging
    petty or reluctant in giving or spending
  28. gruel
    a thin porridge
  29. grueling
    characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion
  30. gruesome
    shockingly repellent; inspiring horror
  31. gruff
    blunt and unfriendly or stern
  32. guffaw
    a burst of loud and hearty laughter
  33. guile
    shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
  34. guileless
    innocent and free of deceit
  35. guise
    an artful or simulated semblance
  36. gull
    a mostly white aquatic bird found along beaches
  37. gullible
    naive and easily deceived or tricked
  38. gustatory
    of or relating to the sense of taste
  39. gusto
    vigorous and enthusiastic enjoyment
  40. gusty
    blowing in puffs or short intermittent blasts
  41. guy
    an informal term for a youth or man
  42. gyroscope
    rotating mechanism in the form of a mounted spinning wheel
  43. habituate
    familiarize psychologically or physically
  44. hackles
    a feeling of anger and animosity
  45. hackneyed
    repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
  46. haggard
    showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering
  47. haggle
    an instance of intense argument (as in bargaining)
  48. halcyon
    a mythical bird said to breed at the winter solstice
  49. hale
    exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health
  50. hallowed
    worthy of religious veneration
  51. hallucination
    illusory perception
  52. halting
    proceeding in a fragmentary, hesitant, or ineffective way
  53. hap
    come to pass
  54. haphazard
    dependent upon or characterized by chance
  55. hapless
    unfortunate and deserving pity
  56. harangue
    a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion
  57. harass
    annoy continually or chronically
  58. harbinger
    something indicating the approach of something or someone
  59. harbor
    a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo
  60. hardy
    having rugged physical strength
  61. harp
    a chordophone with strings between the neck and the soundbox
  62. harrowing
    causing extreme distress
  63. harry
    make a pillaging or destructive raid on, as in wartimes
  64. hatch
    a movable barrier covering an entrance
  65. haughtiness
    overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner
  66. haven
    a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo
  67. hazardous
    involving risk or danger
  68. hazy
    filled or abounding with fog or mist
  69. headlong
    with the upper or anterior part of the body foremost
  70. headstrong
    habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition
  71. heckler
    someone who tries to embarrass you with gibes and objections
  72. hedonist
    someone motivated by desires for sensual pleasures
  73. heedless
    marked by or paying little attention
  74. hegemony
    the dominance or leadership of one social group over others
  75. heinous
    extremely wicked or deeply criminal
  76. herbivorous
    feeding only on plants
  77. heresy
    a belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion
  78. hermetic
    completely sealed or airtight
  79. hermitage
    the abode of a recluse
  80. herpetologist
    a scientist who studies reptiles and amphibians
  81. heterodox
    characterized by departure from accepted standards
  82. heterogeneous
    consisting of elements not of the same kind or nature
  83. hew
    make or shape as with an axe
  84. heyday
    the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
  85. hiatus
    an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
Created on Mon Jun 03 01:59:15 EDT 2013

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