[SAT Vocab] letter 'g'

gaiety

n. festivity

gaily

adv. merrily

gait

n. carriage of the body in going

galore

adj. abundant

galvanic

adj. pertaining or relating to electricity produced by

chemical action

galvanism

n. current electricity, especially that arising from chemical

action

galvanize

v. to imbue with life or animation

gambol

n. playful leaping or frisking

gamester

n. a gambler

gamut

n. the whole range or sequence

garnish

v. in cookery, to surround with additions for

embellishment

garrison

n. the military force stationed in a fort, town or other place

for its defense

garrote

v. to execute by strangling

gaseous

adj. light and unsubstantial

gastric

adj. of, pertaining to or near the stomach

gastritis

n. inflammation of the stomach

gastronomy

n. the art of preparing and serving appetizing food

gendarme

n. in continental Europe, particularly in France, a

uniformed and armed police officer

genealogist

n. a tracer of pedigrees

genealogy

n. a list, in the order of succession, of ancestors and their

descendants

generality

n. the principal portion

genital

adj. of or pertaining to the animal reproductive organs

genitive

adj. indicating source, origin, possession or the like

genteel

adj. well-bred or refined

gentile

adj. belonging to a people not Jewish

germane

adj. relevant

germinate

v. to begin to develop into an embryo or higher form

gestation

n. pregnancy

gesticulate

v. to make movements of the body, as in speaking or in

place of speech

ghastly

adj. hideous

gibe

v. to utter taunts or reproaches

giddy

adj. affected with a whirling or swimming sensation in the

head

giver

n. donor; donator

gladden

v. to make joyous

glazier

n. person who cuts and fits panes of glass, as for

windows

glimmer

n. sparkle; flicker; faint light; gleam

globose

adj. spherical

globular

adj. spherical

glutinous

adj. sticky

gluttonous

adj. given to excess in eating

gnash

v. to grind or strike the teeth together, as from rage

gordian knot

n. any difficulty the only issue out of which is by bold or

unusual manners

gosling

n. a young goose

gossamer

adj. flimsy

gourd

n. a fleshy fruit; trailing or climbing plant which bears this

fruit

gourmand

n. a connoisseur in the delicacies of the table

gradation

n. a step, degree, rank or relative position in an order or

series

granary

n. a storehouse for grain after it is thrashed or husked

grandiloquent

adj. speaking in or characterized by a pompous or

bombastic style

grandious

adj. having an imposing style or effect

grantee

n. the person to whom property is transferred by deed

granular

adj. composed of small grains or particles

granulate

v. to form into grains or small particles

granule

n. a small grain or particle

gratuitous

adj. voluntarily

gratuity

n. something that is given without demand or claim;

bonus; tip

grenadier

n. a member of a regiment composed of men of great

stature

grievance

n. that which oppresses, injures or causes grief and at

the same time a sense of wrong

grievous

adj. creating affliction

grindstone

n. an abrasive wheel that sharpens or polishes something

grisly

adj. fear-inspiring

grotesque

adj. incongruously composed or ill-proportioned

grotto

n. a small cavern

guile

n. duplicity

guileless

adj. frank

guinea

n. an English monetary unit

guise

n. the external appearance as produced by garb or

costume

gumption

n. common sense

gusto

n. keen enjoyment

guy

n. stay-rope

guzzle

v. to swallow greedily or hastily; to gulp

gynecocracy

n. female supremacy

gynecology

n. the science that treats of the functions and diseases

peculiar to women

gyrate

v. to revolve

gyroscope

n. an instrument for illustrating the laws of rotation