"G" words - Part 1

Julia P.
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  1. gale
    a strong wind moving 34–40 knots
  2. galling
    causing irritation or annoyance
  3. galvanize
    stimulate (muscles) by administering a shock
  4. gamut
    a complete extent or range
  5. gander
    mature male goose
  6. gape
    look with amazement
  7. garish
    tastelessly showy
  8. garner
    assemble or get together
  9. garrulous
    full of trivial conversation
  10. gauche
    lacking social poise or refinement
  11. gauge
    an instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity
  12. gaunt
    very thin, especially from disease or hunger or cold
  13. gauntlet
    a glove of armored leather that protects the hand
  14. gazelle
    a small antelope native to Africa and Asia
  15. genocide
    systematic killing of a racial or cultural group
  16. genre
    a kind of literary or artistic work
  17. gentry
    the most powerful members of a society
  18. genus
    taxonomic group containing one or more species
    class or group of something
  19. gimpiness
    disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet
  20. girder
    a beam used as a main support in a structure
  21. gist
    the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
  22. glib
    artfully persuasive in speech
  23. goad
    stab or urge on as if with a pointed stick
    with words to produce action
  24. goaded
    compelled forcibly by an outside agency
  25. gourmand
    a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess
  26. gout
    a painful inflammation of the big toe and foot caused by defects in uric acid metabolism resulting in deposits of the acid and its salts in the blood and joints
  27. grandiose
    impressive because of unnecessary largeness or magnificence
  28. gregarious
    temperamentally seeking and enjoying the company of others
  29. grotto
    a small cave, usually with attractive features
  30. guile
    shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
  31. guise
    an artful or simulated semblance
    disquise
Created on Mon Sep 12 13:59:24 EDT 2011 (updated Thu Sep 15 13:16:06 EDT 2011)

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