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GRE baron 21

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garner
v. gather or collect, acquire, glean

eg. All the information was garnered
gibe
v. mock, deride, scoff, tally

ant. admire, commend, laud, praise
glower
v. glare, look angrily or provocatively

eg. Nicola stared at Tom, who glowered back
gainsay
v. deny, contradict, challenge

eg. gainsay the truth of the report
gait
n. way of walking

eg. He walked with a rolling gait
galaxy
n. system of stars

rh. galaxy of Hollywood superstars
gale
n. strong wind, windstorm, gust

eg. His speech was greeted with gales of laughter.
gall
n. bile, bitterness, rudeness, pique, rancor

eg. words full of venom and gall
galleon
v. large sailing ship
galvanize
v. stimulate, stir up, startle

eg. The urgency of his voice galvanized them into action.
gambit
n. plot, first move in chess

eg. an opening gambit
gambol
v. leap or run playfully

eg. the kids gambol in the meadow
gamely
adv. spiritedly, courageously

eg. She tried gamely to finish the race.
gamut
n. entire range of things

eg. gamut of services/emotions
gape
v. open mouth widely

eg. Isabel gaped at him, horrified
garbled
adj. confused, mixed up, disordered

eg. There was a garbled message from her on my voicemail.
gargantuan
adj. huge enormous, (astronomical)

eg. The gargantuan wrestler was terrified of mice
gargoyle
n. carvings faded by water

eg. The gargoyle in the church is fantastic
garish
adj. over bright in color, gaudy, showy

eg. garish clothes are not my style
garnish
v. decorate

eg. Garnish the chicken with tomato slices
garrulous
adj. talkative, loquacious

ant. quiet, reserved, silent, still
gauche
adj. awkward, clumsy, graceless

ant. elegant, graceful, polished, refined, sophisticated
gaudy
adj. showy, flashy, garish, too brightly colored

ant. calm, drab, dull, modest
gaunt
adj. emaciated, haggard, thin or skinny due to illness

eg. She looked gaunt and exhausted.
genealogy
n. record of descents, family's tree, lineage

eg. many famous ancestors was listed in his genealogy
generality
n. vague and general statement

eg. to speak in broad generalities
genesis
n. beginning, origin, provenance, matrix

ant. conclusion, end, finale
geniality
n. affability, niceness

ant. irritation, moodiness, unhappiness
genteel
adj. very elegant, sophisticated (as in a high class)

eg. Her genteel accent irritated me
gentility
n. gentle behavior, courtesy

ant. coarseness, crudeness, roughness
gentry
n. high-class people, aristocracy, magnate, luminary

eg. the local gentry own a lot of lands
genuflect
v. bend the knee as in servile manner

eg. He refused to genuflect to the king
germane
adj. relevant, appropriate

eg. remarks that are germane to the discussion
germinal
adj. creative, pertaining to a germ (bacteria, virus)

eg. a germinal idea
germinate
v. start to grow (nay? ma`m)

eg. An idea for a novel began to germinate in her mind
gesticulation
n. gesture, motion

eg. wild / frantic gesticulations
ghastly
adj. horrible, gruesome, gristly, macabre, grim, sepulchral

eg. a ghastly nightmare
giddy
adj. happy and excited, dizzy (as if going to fall), frivolous

eg. He felt his giddy youth was past
gingerly
adv. very carefully

eg. He opened the box gingerly and looked inside.
girth
n. the measurement around, diameter

eg. a tree one meter in girth, a man of enormous girth (very big waist)
glaring
adj. very bright, easily seen

eg. glaring error / omission / inconsistency / injustice
glean
v. gather, obtain, harvest

eg. These figures have been gleaned from a number of studies.
glib
adj. fluent but reckless and insincere in speech

eg. a glib salesman, glib answers
glimmer
v shine erratically, twinkle
n. slight suggestion, inkling

eg. he had no glimmer what was about to happen
gloss over
v. avoid talking sth unpleasant, parry

eg. He glossed over any splits in the party.
glossary
n. explanation of special words

eg. a glossary of financial terms
glossy
adj. smooth and shining

eg. a glossy paper/ magazine
glut
n. overabundance, plethora, plenitude, profusion
ant. shortage

eg. a glut of cheap videos on the market
glutinous
adj. sticky, viscous, gummy, viscid

eg. glutinous rice/substance
glutton
n. person who eats too much, gourmand
gnarled
adj. twisted (and rough)

eg. a gnarled hands / oak / branch
gnome
n. mystic dwarf

eg. gnomes guarded the treasure until they die
goad
v. incite, urge, provoke/nettle

eg. He finally goaded her into answering his question.
gory
adj. bloody, sanguinary, butcherly

eg. the gory massacre
gloat
v. express evil satisfaction (over sb failure), harass

eg. She was still gloating over her rival’s disappointment
gossamer
adj. very fine thread (of silk, fabric, web)


eg. the gossamer wings of a dragonfly
gorge
n. narrow and deep valley
v. stuff oneself, eat a lot
glacial
adj. extremely cold, like a glacier
gibberish
n. nonsense, babbling


eg. You were talking gibberish in your sleep
gesticulate
v. make gesture
gestate
v. evolve, as in the womb (trong bao` thai)

eg. the new scheme was being gestated by the conspirators
gerrymander
v. change the size and borders of an area for voting
gerontocracy
n. organization or community led by old people
genre
n. type, class, style
gazette
n. periodical publication (esp of organizations)
gawk
v. stare foolishly, gape


eg. the rural boy gawked at the skyscrapers
gavel
n. hammer-like tool (used in court, auction)
gastronomy
n. science of foods and cooking
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