| GRE word list - G |
| gab |
to talk in a rapid or thoughtless manner:CHATTER |
| gadfly |
a person who stimulates or annoys especially by persistent
criticism |
| gaffe |
a social or diplomatic blunder |
| gainsay |
to declare to be untrue or invalid |
| gait |
a manner of walking or moving on foot |
| galaxy |
an assemblage of brilliant or notable persons or things |
| gall |
to fret and wear away by friction:CHAFE |
| gallant |
Possessing a brave or chivalrous spirit. |
| galvanize |
to stimulate or excite as if by an electric shock |
| gamble |
to stake something on a contingency:take a chance |
| gangling |
loosely and awkwardly built:LANKY |
| garble |
to so alter or distort as to create a wrong impression
or change the meaning |
| gargantuan |
of immense size, volume, or capacity; gigantic |
| garish |
clothed in vivid colors |
| garment |
an article of clothing |
| garner |
a:GRANARY b:a grain bin |
| garrulous |
given to prosy, rambling, or tedious loquacity:pointlessly
or annoyingly talkative |
| gash |
a deep long cut in flesh |
| gasification |
conversion into gas; especially:conversion of coal into
natural gas |
| gauche |
lacking social experience or grace; also:not tactful:CRUDE |
| gaudy |
ostentatiously or tastelessly ornamented |
| gauge |
a measurement (as of linear dimension) according to
some standard or system |
| gear |
a toothed wheel |
| genealogy |
an account of the descent of a person, family, or group
from an ancestor or from older forms |
| generality |
the quality or state of being general |
| genial |
marked by or diffusing sympathy or friendliness |
| genteel |
free from vulgarity or rudeness:POLITE |
| genuine |
ACTUAL, TRUE |
| germane |
being at once relevant and appropriate:FITTING |
| gesture |
a movement usually of the body or limbs that expresses
or emphasizes an idea, sentiment, or attitude |
| ghastly |
intensely unpleasant, disagreeable, or objectionable |
| gibe |
to deride or tease with taunting words |
| giddy |
lightheartedly silly:FRIVOLOUS |
| ginger |
a thickened pungent aromatic rhizome that is used as
a spice and sometimes medicinally |
| glacier |
a large body of ice moving slowly down a slope or valley
or spreading outward on a land surface |
| glade |
an open space surrounded by woods |
| glance |
a quick or cursory look |
| glaze |
to give a smooth glossy surface to |
| glib |
marked by ease and fluency in speaking or writing often
to the point of being insincere or deceitful |
| glimmer |
a:to shine faintly or unsteadily b:to give off a subdued
unsteady reflection |
| glisten |
to give off a sparkling or lustrous reflection of or
as if of a moist or polished surface |
| glitch |
a usually minor malfunction |
| gloat |
express evil satisfaction; view malevolently |
| gloomy |
low in spirits:MELANCHOLY |
| glorify |
to make glorious by bestowing honor, praise, or admiration |
| gloss |
a brief explanation (as in the margin or between the
lines of a text) of a difficult or obscure word or expression |
| glossary |
a collection of textual glosses or of specialized terms
with their meanings |
| glossy |
having a surface luster or brightness |
| glut |
an excessive quantity:OVERSUPPLY |
| glutinous |
having the quality of glue:GUMMY |
| glutton |
one given habitually to greedy and voracious eating
and drinking |
| goad |
something that urges or stimulates into action:SPUR |
| gobble |
to swallow or eat greedily |
| goggle |
to stare with wide or protuberant eyes |
| goldbrick |
to shirk duty or responsibility |
| gorge |
to eat greedily or to repletion |
| gossamer |
something light, delicate, or insubstantial |
| gourmet |
a connoisseur of food and drink; broadly :CONNOISSEUR |
| grandeur |
the quality or state of being grand:MAGNIFICENCE |
| grandiloquent |
be of a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic
style, manner, or quality especially in language |
| grandiose |
characterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor
or by absurd exaggeration |
| grandstand |
to play or act so as to impress onlookers |
| grant |
to bestow or transfer formally specifically :to give
the possession or title of by a deed |
| gratify |
to be a source of or give pleasure or satisfaction to |
| grating |
noisily,rasping,harsh |
| gratis |
free |
| gratuitous |
not involving a return benefit, compensation, or consideration |
| grave |
having a serious and dignified quality or demeanor |
| green |
a:deficient in training, knowledge, or experience b:deficient
in sophistication and savoir faire:NAIVE c:not fully qualified
for or experienced in a particular function |
| gregarious |
tending to associate with others of one's kind:SOCIAL |
| grievous |
causing or characterized by severe pain, suffering,
or sorrow |
| grimace |
a facial expression usually of disgust or disapproval |
| grin |
to draw back the lips so as to show the teeth especially
in amusement or laughter; broadly :SMILE |
| gripe |
to complain with grumbling |
| grisly |
inspiring horror or intense fear |
| groove |
a long narrow channel or depression |
| grotesque |
FANCIFUL, BIZARRE |
| grotto |
A small cave or cavern |
| grove |
a planting of fruit or nut trees |
| grovel |
to lie or creep with the body prostrate in token of
subservience or abasement |
| grumble |
to mutter in discontent |
| guarantee |
to engage for the existence, permanence, or nature of:undertake
to do or secure |
| guffaw |
a loud or boisterous burst of laughter |
| guile |
deceitful cunning:DUPLICITY |
| guilt |
feelings of culpability especially for imagined offenses
or from a sense of inadequacy:SELF-REPROACH |
| gullible |
easily duped or cheated |
| gully |
a trench which was orig. worn in the earth by running
water and through which water often runs after rains |
| gum |
any of numerous colloidal polysaccharide substances
of plant origin that are gelatinous when moist but harden
on drying and are salts of complex organic acids |
| gush |
a sudden outpouring |
| gust |
a sudden brief rush of wind |
| guzzle |
to drink especially liquor greedily, continually, or
habitually |
