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64 Cards in this Set
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gaffe
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social blunder
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gag |
1.jokes 2.choke;to retch 3.restrain someone from speaking |
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gainsay
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deny
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gait
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manner of walking or running; speed
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gale
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windstorm; gust of wind; emotional outburst (laughters, tears); Ex. gale of laughter
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gall 1 |
annoy; exasperate; chafe; N: skin sore caused by rubbing (as on the skin of a horse); exasperation |
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gall 2
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bitterness of feeling; nerve; effrontery; CF. gall bladder
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gambit
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opening in chess in which a piece is sacrificed; action made to produce a future advantage
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gambol
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romp; skip about; leap about playfully; frolic; N.
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gamely
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in a spirited manner; with courage; Ex. fight gamely against a superior boxer; ADJ. game
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gamut
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entire range
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garble
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mixed up; jumbled; distorted; V. garble: mix up or distort (a message) to such an extent as to make misleading or unintelligible
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gargantuan
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huge; enormous; gigantic; CF. the hero of Gargantua and Pantagruel
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garish
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overbright in color; unpleasantly bright; gaudy
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garner
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gather; store up; amass
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garrulous
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Talkative |
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gauche
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clumsy (in social behavior); coarse and uncouth
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gaunt
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lean and angular; thin and bony; emaciated; barren
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gawk
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stare foolishly; look in open-mouthed awe
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geniality
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cheerfulness; kindliness; sympathy; ADJ. genial: cheerful and good-tempered
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genteel
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well-bred; elegant; striving to convey an appearance of refinement; Ex. genteel poverty
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genuflect |
bend the knee as in worship;to act in submission; surrender |
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germane
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relevant & important;pertinent; bearing upon(having connection with) the case at hand; appropriate
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germinal
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pertaining to a germ; creative; Ex. germinal idea
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gibberish
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nonsense; nonsensical or unintelligible talk or writing; babbling
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gibe
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mock; make jeering remarks; N: jeering remarks
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giddy
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light-hearted; not serious; frivolous; dizzy; causing dizziness; Ex. giddy youth; Ex. giddy climb/height
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gingerly
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very carefully; ADJ.
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girth
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distance around something; circumference
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glare
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shine intensely and blindingly; stare fixedly and angrily; N.
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glean |
To examine or go through as to collect informatiob |
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glib
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fluent (with insincerity or superficiality); facile; slick
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glitch
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minor problem;malfunction
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gloat |
To rejoice over your own success or other failure |
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glut
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overstock; fill beyond capacity (with food); fill to excess; N: oversupply
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gnarled
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twisted
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goad |
cause (someone) to do something by continued annoyance; Ex. They goaded him into doing it by saying he was a coward; N: sharp-pointed stick for driving cattle; stimulus; CF. annoy continually |
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gorge
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narrow canyon; steep rocky cleft; ravine (made by a stream which runs through it)
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gorge
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stuff oneself (with food); glut; CF. gorgeous: dazzlingly beautiful
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gory
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bloody; N. gore: blood (from a wound)
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gore
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Blood clot;
if someone is gored by animal,they are pierced by it tusk and horn |
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gossamer
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sheer; very light; like cobwebs; N: soft and sheer fabric; cobweb
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gouge
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overcharge (with high price); extort from; Ex. gouge the public; CF. usury
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gouge 2
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tear out; cut out (as if with a gouge); Ex. gouge his eyes out; N: chisel for cutting out hollow areas in wood
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gourmand
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epicure; person who takes excessive pleasure in food and drink
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grandeur
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impressiveness; stateliness; majesty
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grandiloquent
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(of a person or speech) using high sounding or important-sounding language; pompous; bombastic
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grapple
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wrestle; come to grips with; take hold of and struggle with; Ex. grapple with the burglar
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gratis
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free; without charge; ADJ.
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gratuitous
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given freely; unwarranted; uncalled for; done without good reason; Ex. gratuitous comment
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gravity
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seriousness; ADJ. grave
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grimace
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facial distortion to show feeling such as pain, disgust, etc; V.
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grin
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Smile broadly |
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grisly
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frightening,terrifying |
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gritty
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total; fragrant; clearly wrong; (of people's behavior) coarse; corpulent; Ex. gross insolence/behavior; V: earn as a total amount; N: 12 dozens
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grotesque
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fantastic; comically hideous; strange and unnatural (causing fear or amusement)
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grouch
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a person who complain a lot annoyingly
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grovel |
crawl or creep on ground; ; behave in a servile manner |
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gruff
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rough-mannered; (of a voice) rough; hoarse
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guffaw
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boisterous laughter; V.
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gungho |
Enthusiasm |
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gustatory
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affecting or relating to the sense of taste
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gusto
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eager enjoyment; zest; enthusiasm
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guzzle |
Drink something in large quantity;quaff |
