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Gadfly
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(n) animal biting fly, irritating person
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Gauche
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(adj) clumsy, coarse and uncouth
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Genuflect
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(v) bend the knee as in worship
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Germane
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(adj) pertinent, bearing upon the case at hand
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Germinal
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(adj) pertaining to a germ; creative
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Gerontocracy
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(n) government ruled by old people
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Gibe
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(v) mock
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Granary
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(n) storehouse for grain
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Our crops were good and our granaries are full.
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Grotto
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(n) small cavern
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The grotto could only be entered by small boats.
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Gull
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(v) trick, hoodwink
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Skeptical people are difficult to gull.
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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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If the guys holding up the mast on that derrick snap, the mast will topple
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Gyroscope
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(n) apparatus used to maintain balance
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The used a rotating gyroscope to stabilize the vessel.
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