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35 Cards in this Set
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gainsay
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deny
I can't gainsay his claim |
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gall
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VERB
annoy; chafe |
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galleon
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huge sailing ship
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galvanize
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stimulate by shock; stir up; revitalize
galvanize the troops with a speech |
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gambit
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opening in chess where a piece is sacrificed
the most ambitious financial gambit in history |
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fulminate
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thunder; explode
homeowners fulminate against the tax hike |
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gambol
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romp; skp about;
puppies gambol in the field of grass |
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gamely
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in a spirited manner; with courage
he fought gamely against a better boxer |
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gape
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open widely
the huge pit gaped |
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garish
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overbright
garish hawaiian shirts |
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garner
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gather; store up
garner the strength |
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garrulous
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wordy; talkative
a garrulous old man |
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gastronomy
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science of preparing good food
GASTRO |
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gauche
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clumsy; lacking social grace
she is embarassed by her gauche mother |
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gaudy
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flashy, showy
gaudy ribbons |
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genesis
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beginning; origin
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geniality
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cheerfulness; kindliness
a genial greeting |
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genteel
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well-bred; elegant
a genteel family |
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gentility
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refinement
an air of old-fashioned gentility |
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gentry
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people of high class
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genuflect
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bend the knee to worship
she genuflected and crossed herself |
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germane
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pertinent
that is not germane to the topic at hand |
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germinal
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creative
a germinal idea will influence others |
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gerontocracy
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govt. ruled by old people
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gerrymander
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change voting lines to favor a political party
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gestate
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evolve, like prenatal growth
the scheme was being gestated |
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gibe
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mock
they gibed her dreams |
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glacial
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cold like a glacier
glacial conditions |
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glean
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gather leavings
the peasants can glean the wheat left in the fields |
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glower
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scowl
he glowered at his mother |
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glib
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fluent, slick
glib phrases roll off his tongue |
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glut
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overstock
the factories are glutted |
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glutinous
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sticky; viscous
a glutinous white liquid |
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goad
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urge on
her friends goaded her to eat the apple |
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gossamer
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sheer; like cobwebs
the dress swirled like gossamer |