GRE Word list 21
Terms
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- gainsay
- deny
- gait
- manner of walking or running; speed
- galaxy
- large, isolated system of stars, such as the Milky Way
- gale
- windstorm; gust of wind; emotional outburst (laughter, tears)
- gall
- bitterness; nerve; annoy; chafe
- galleon
- large sailing ship
- galvanize
- stimulate by shock; stir up; revitalize
- gambit
- opening in chess in which a piece is sacrificed
- gambol
- romp; skip about; leap playfully
- gamely
- in a spirited manner; with courage
- gamut
- entire range
- gape
- open widely
- garbled
- mixed up; jumbled; distorted
- gargantuan
- huge; enormous
- gargoyle
- waterspout carved in a grotesque figures on a building
- garish
- overbright in color; gaudy
- garner
- gather; store up
- garnish
- decorate
- garrulous
- loquacious, wordy, talkative
- gastronomy
- science of preparing and serving good food
- gauche
- clumsy; coarse adn uncouth
- gaudy
- flashy; showy
- gaunt
- lean and angular; barren
- gavel
- hammerlike tool; makket
- gawk
- stare foolishly; look in open-mounthed awe
- gazette
- official periodical publication
- genealogy
- record of descent; lineage
- generality
- vague statement
- generate
- cause; produce; create
- generic
- characteristic of an entire class or species
- genesis
- beginning; origin
- geniality
- cheerfulness; kindliness; sympathy
- genre
- particular variety of art or literature
- genteel
- well-bred; elegant
- gentility
- those of gentle birth; refinement
- gentry
- people of standing; class of people just below nobility
- genuflect
- bend the knee as in worship
- germane
- pertinent; bearing upon the case at hand
- germinal
- pertaining to a germ; creative
- germinate
- cause to sprout; sprout
- gerontocracy
- goverment ruled byu old people
- gerrymander
- change voting district lines in order to favor a political party
- gestate
- evolve, as in prenatal growth
- gesticulation
- motion; gesture
- ghastly
- horrible
- gibberish
- nonsense; babbling
- gibe
- mock
- giddy
- light-hearted; dizzy
- gingerly
- very carefully
- girth
- distance around something; circumference
- gist
- essence
- glacial
- like a glacier; extremely cold
- glaring
- highly conspicuous; harshly bright
- glaze
- cover with a thin and shiny surface
- glean
- gather leavings
- glib
- fluent; facile; slick
- glimmer
- shine erratically; twinkle
- gloat
- express evil satisfaction; view amlevolently
- gloss over
- explain away
- glossary
- brief explanation of words used in the text
- glossy
- smooth and shining
- glower
- scowl
- glut
- overstock
- glutinous
- sticky; viscous
- glutton
- someone who eatss too mcuh
- gnarled
- twisted
- gnome
- dwarf; underground spirit
- goad
- urge on
- gorge
- narrow canyon; steep, rocky cleft; stuff oneself
- gory
- bloody
- gossamer
- sheer; like cobwebs