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gibe
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v.mock
As you gibe at their superstitious beliefs, do you realize that you, too, are guilty of similarly foolish thoughts? |
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giddy
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adj.light-hearted; dizzy.
He felt his giddy youth was past |
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gingerly
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adv.very carefully
To seperate egg whites, first crack the egg ginerly. |
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girth
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n.distance around something; circumferece
Dick girth |
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gist
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n.essence.
She was asked to give the gist of the essay in two sentences. |
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glacial
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adj. like a glacier; extremely cold
Never a warm person, when offended Hugo could seem positively glacial; a glacial stare. |
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glaring
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adj. highly conspicuous; harshly bright
glaring spelling or grammatical errors in your resume will unfavorably impress potential employers |
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glaze
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v.cover with a thin and shiny surface
The freezing rain glazed the streets and made driving hazardous |
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glean
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v.To gather grain left behind by reapers
After the crops had been harvested by the machine, the peasants were permitted to glean the wheat left in field |
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glib
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adj. fluent; facile; slick
He was a glib speaker |
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glimmer
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v.shine erratically; twinkle
the glowworms hanging from the cavern roof glimmered like distant stars |
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gloat
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v.express evil satisfaction; view malevolently
As you gloat over your ill-gotten wealth, do you think of the many victims you have defrauded? |
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gloss over
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v.explain away
No matter how hard he tried to talk around the issue. president Bush could not gloss over the fact that he had raised taxes after all |
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glossary
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n.brief explanation of words used in the text.
I have found the glossary in this book very useful; it has eliminated many trips to the dictionary |
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glossy
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adj.smooth and shining
I want this photograph printed on glossy paper, not matte |
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glower
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v.scowl怒視
The angry boy glowered at his father |
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glut
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v.overstock;fill to excess
The many manufacturers glutted the market and could not find purchasers for the many articles they had produced |
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glutinous
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adj.sticky;viscous
Molasses is a glutinous substance |
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glutton
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n.someone who eats too much.
when Mother saw that Bobby had eaten all the cookes, she called him a little glutton. ADJ.gluttonous |
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gorge
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v.stuff oneself
the gluttonous guest gorged himself with food as though he had not eaten for days |
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gory
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adj.bloody
The audience shuddered as they listen to the details of the gory masscre. N.gore |
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gossamer
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adj.sheer透明的;like cobwebs
Nylon can be woven into gossamer or thick fabrics |
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gourmand
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n.epicure; person who takes excessive pleasure in food and drink
Gourmands lack self-restraint; if they enjoy a particula cuisine , they eat far too much of it |
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gourmet
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n.connoisseur of food and drink
The gourmet stated that this was the best onion soup she had ever tasted |
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graduated
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adj. arranged by degrees (of height, difficulty, etc)
Margaret loved her graduated set of Russian hollow wooden dolls; she spent hours happily putting the smaller dolls into their larger counterparts |
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grandiose
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adj.pretentious; high-flown; ridiculously exaggerated; impressive
The aged matinee idol still had grandiose notions of his supposed importance in the theatrical world |
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granulate
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v.form into grains
Sugar that has been granulated dissolves more readily than lump sugar. N.granule |
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grapple
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v.wrestle; come to grips with
He grappled with the burglar and overpowered him |
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grate
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v.make a harsh noise; have an unplesant effect; shred
grated her teeth in anger; The screams of the quarreling children grated on her nerves |
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gratify
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v.please
Lori's parents were gratified by her successful performance on the GRE |
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gratis
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adv. free
The company offered to give one package gratis to every purchaser of one of their products. |
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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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gratuity
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n.tip
Many service employees rely more on gratuities than on salaries for their livelihood |
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grievance
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n.cause of complaint
When her supervisor ignored her complaint, she took her grievance to the union |
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grill
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v.question severely.
In violation of Miranda law, the police grilled the suspect for several hours before reading him his rights |
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grimace
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n.a facial distortion to show feeling sucha s pain , disgust, etc
Even though he remained silent, his grimace indicated his displeasure |
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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
On halloween, people enjoy wearing grotesque constumes |
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grotto
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n.small cavern.
The Blue grottto in Capri can be entered only by small boats rowed by natives through a natural opening in the rocks |
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grouse
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v.complain;fuss
Students traditonally grouse about the abysmal quality of "mystery meat" and similar dormitory food |
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grovel
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v.crawl or creep on ground; remain prostrate.
Even though we have been defeated, we do not have to grovel before our conquerors |
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grudging
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adj.unwilling; reluctant; stingy.
We received only grudging support from the mayor despite his earlier promises of aid |
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gruel
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n.thin, liquid porridge
Our daily allotment of gruel made the meal not only monotonous but also unpalatable |
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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
Although he was blunt and gruff with most people, he was always gentle with children |
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guffaw
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n.boisterous laughter
The loud guffaws that came from the closed room indicated that the members of the committee had not yet settled down to serious business |
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guile
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n.deceit; duplicity; wiliness; cunning
lago uses considerable guile to trick Othello into believing that Desdemona has been unfaithful |
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guise
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n.appearance; costume
In the guise of a plumber, the detective investigated the murder case. |
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gull
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v.trick; hoodwink
Confident no one could gull him, Paul prided himself on his skeptical disposition |
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gustatory
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adj.affecting the sense of taste
The Thai restaurant offered an unusal gustatory experience for those used to a bland cuisine |
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gruesome
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adj.grisly;horrible
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gyroscope
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n.apparatus used to maintain balance
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graphic
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adj.pertaining to the art of delineating; vividly described
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gouge(2)
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v. tear out
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granary
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n.storehouse for grain
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gravity
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n.seriousness
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gnome
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n.dwarf
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gnarled
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adj.twisted
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gibberish
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n.nonsense;babbling
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gorge N
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n.narrow canyon;
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