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 |