Word List 21

Front 1

gainsay

Back 1

deny

Front 2

gait

Back 2

manner of walking or running, speed

Front 3

galaxy

Back 3

large, isolated system of stars, such as the Milky Way; any collection of brilliant personalities

Front 4

gale

Back 4

windstorm, gust of wind, emotional outburst (laughter, tears)

Front 5

gall (n)

Back 5

bitterness, nerve

Front 6

gall (v)

Back 6

annoy, chafe

Front 7

galleon

Back 7

large sailing ship

Front 8

gambit

Back 8

opening in chess in which a piece is sacrificed

Front 9

gambol

Back 9

skip, leap playfully

Front 10

gamely

Back 10

bravely, with spirit

Front 11

gamut

Back 11

entire range

Front 12

garbled

Back 12

mixed up, jumbled, distorted

Front 13

garish

Back 13

over-bright in color, gaudy

Front 14

garner

Back 14

gather, store up

Front 15

garnish

Back 15

decorate

Front 16

gauche

Back 16

clumsy, coarse and uncouth

Front 17

gaudy

Back 17

flashy, showy

Front 18

gaunt

Back 18

lean and angular, barren

Front 19

gavel

Back 19

hammerlike tool, mallet

Front 20

genealogy

Back 20

record of descent, lineage

Front 21

generality

Back 21

vague statement

Front 22

generic

Back 22

characteristic of an entire class or species

Front 23

genesis

Back 23

beginning, origin

Front 24

geniality

Back 24

cheerfulness, kindliness, sympathy

Front 25

genteel

Back 25

well-bred, elegant

Front 26

gentility

Back 26

those of gentle birth, refinement

Front 27

gentry

Back 27

people of standing, class of people just below nobility

Front 28

germane

Back 28

relevant, pertinent, bearing upon the case at hand

Front 29

germinal

Back 29

pertaining to a germ, creative

Front 30

germinate

Back 30

cause to sprout, sprout

Front 31

gesticulation

Back 31

motion, gesture

Front 32

ghastly

Back 32

horrible

Front 33

gibe

Back 33

mock

Front 34

giddy

Back 34

light-hearted, dizzy

Front 35

girth

Back 35

distance around something, circumference

Front 36

gist

Back 36

essence

Front 37

glacial

Back 37

like a glacier, extremely cold

Front 38

glib

Back 38

fluent, facile, slick

Front 39

gloat

Back 39

express evil satisfaction, view malevolently

Front 40

gloss over

Back 40

explain away

Front 41

glower

Back 41

scowl

Front 42

glut

Back 42

overstock, fill to excess

Front 43

goad

Back 43

urge on

Front 44

gorge

Back 44

small, steep-walled canyon

Front 45

galvanize

Back 45

stimulate by shock, stir up, revitalize

Front 46

glaring

Back 46

highly conspicuous, harshly bright