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26 Cards in this Set
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gesticulation
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motion, gesture
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ghastly
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horrible
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gibe
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mock, taunt, scoff at
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gingerly
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very carefully
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girth
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distance around something, circumference
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gist
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essence
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glacial
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like a glacier, extremely cold
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glaring
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highly conspicuous, harshly bright
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glib
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fluent, facile, slick
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gloss over
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explain away
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glower
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scowl
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glut
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overstock, fill to excess
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glutton
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someone who eats too much
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gnarled
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twisted
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goad
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urge on, spur, incite
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gorge
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small, step-walled canyon, stuff oneself
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gouge
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tear out
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gourmand
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epicure, person who takes excessive pleasure in food and drink
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gourmet
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conoisseur of food and drink
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graduated
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arranged by degrees
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graft
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piece of transplanted tissue, portion of plant inserted in another plant
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grandiloquent
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pompous, bombastic, using high sounding language
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grandiose
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pretentious, high flown, ridiculously exaggerated, impressive
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granulate
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form into grains
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graphic
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pertaining to the art of delineating, vividly described
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grapple
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wrestle, come to grips with
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