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gouge
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v. overcharge
scalpers tried to gouge v. tear out gouge someone's eyes out |
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gourmand
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n. epicure; person who takes excessive pleasure in food and drink
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gourmet
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n. connoisseur of food and drink
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granary
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n. storehouse for grain
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grandiloquent
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adj. pompous; bombastic; using highsounding language
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grandiose
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adj. pretentious; high-flown; ridiculously exagerated; impressive
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granulate
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v. form into grains
granulated sugar |
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grapple
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v. wrestle; come to grips w/
he grappled with the burgler |
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grate
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v. make a harsh noise; have an unpleasant effect; shred
the screams of the quarreling children grated on his nerves |
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gratis
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adv. free
every customer gets on package gratis |
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gratuitous
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adj. given freely; unwarranted; uncalled for
quit making gratuitous comments about my driving; no one asked you for your opinion |
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grievance
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n. cause of complaint
Inequitable taxation is the chief grievance |
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grisly
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adj. ghastly
she shuddered at the grisly sight |
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grotesque
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adj. fantastic; comically hideous
grotesque costumes |
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grotto
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n. small cavern
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grouse
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v. complain; fuss
grouse about the horrible food |
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grovel
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v. crawl or creep on ground; remain prostrate
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grudging
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adj. unwilling; reluctant; stingy
we only received grudging support |
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gruel
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n. thin, liquid porridge
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grueling
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adj. exhausting
the marathon is a grueling race |
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gruff
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adj. rough-mannered
he was blunt and gruff w/ most people, except his kids |
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guffaw
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n. boisterous laughter
loud guffaws from the closed room |
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guise
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n. appearance; costume
In the guise of a plummer, the detective... |
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gull
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v. trick; hoodwink
no one could gull him |
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gustatory
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adj. affecting the sense of taste
gustatory experience at the restaurant |
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gusto
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n. enjoyment; enthusiasm
he accepted the assignment with gusto |
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gusty
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adj. windy
gusty weather |
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guy
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n. cable or chain attached to something that needs to be braced or steadied
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gyroscope
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n. apparatus used to maintain balance, ascertain direction, etc.
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habituate
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v. accustom or familiarize; addict
Macbeth habituated himself to murder |
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hackles
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n. hairs on back and neck, especially of a dog
the dog's hackles rose |
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hackneyed
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adj. commonplace; trite
hackneyed plot |
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haggard
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adj. wasted away; gaunt (angular, lean, barren)
after his long illness, he was haggard and gaunt |
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haggle
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v. argue about prices
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halcyon
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adj. calm; peaceful
In those halcyon days... |
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hale
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adj. healthy
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halting
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adj. hesitant; faltering
novice speakers speak in a halting fashion |
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hamper
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v. obstruct
the infant hampered her ability to keep an immaculate house |
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hap
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n. chance; luck
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haphazard
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adj. random; by chance
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hapless
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adj. unfortunate
hapless creature |
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harangue
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n. long, passionate, and vehement speech
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harbinger
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n. forerunner
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harbor
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v. provide a refuge for; hide
the church harbored illegal immigrants |
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harping
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n. tiresome dwelling on a subject
stop harping on my indebtness to u |
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harrowing
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adj. agonizing; distressing; traumatic
harrowing months of captivity |
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harry
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v. harass, annoy, torment; raid
the guerrilla band harried the enemy nightly |
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hatch
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n. deck opening; lid covering a deck opening
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haughtiness
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n. pride; arrogance
Elizabeth took great offense at his haughtiness |
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headlong
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adj. hasty; rash
the slave made a headlong dash to the border |
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heckler
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n. person who verbally harrasses others
the heckler kept interrupting the speaker w/ rude remarks |
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hedonist
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n. one who believes that pleasure is the sole aim in life
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heedless
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adj. not noticing; disregarding
she drove on, heedless of the warnings |
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hegemony
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n. dominance, especially of one nation over others
breakdown of the Soviet hegemony |
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heresy
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n. opinion contrary to popular belief; opinion contrary to accepted religion
Galileo was tried for heresy |
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hermetic
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adj. sealed by fusion so as to be airtight
hermetic seal adj. obscure and mysterious; occult hermetic teachings of alchemists |
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hermitage
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n. home of a hermit
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herpetologist
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n, one who studies reptiles
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heterodox
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adj. unorthodox; unconventional
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hew
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v. cut to pieces w/ ax or sword
hewed the enemy |
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heyday
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n. time of greatest successs; prime
in their heyday, |
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hiatus
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n. gap; pause
except for a 2 year hiatus, |
