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.gait n. Carriage of the body in going.
gallant adj. Possessing a brave or chivalrous spirit.
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.
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.
garrulous adj. Given to constant trivial talking.
gastronomy n. The art of preparing and serving appetizing food.
gendarme n. In continental Europe, particularly in France, a uniformed and armed police officer.
geniality n. Warmth and kindliness of disposition.
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 gestures or motions, as in speaking, or in place of speech.
gibe v. To utter taunts or reproaches.
giddy adj. Affected with a whirling or swimming sensation in the head.
gladden v. To make joyous.
glazier n. One who cuts and fits panes of glass, as for windows.
glimmer n. A faint, wavering, unsteady light.
globose adj. Spherical.
glutinous adj. Sticky.
Gordian knot n. Any difficulty the only issue out of which is by bold or unusual manners.
gourmand n. A connoisseur in the delicacies of the table.
gossamer adj. Flimsy.
grandiloquent adj. Speaking in or characterized by a pompous or bombastic style.
grandiose adj. Having an imposing style or effect.
grantor n. The maker of a deed.
gratuitous adj. Voluntarily.
gregarious adj. Not habitually solitary or living alone.
grenadier n. A member of a regiment composed of men of great stature.
grievous adj. Creating affliction.
grindstone n. A flat circular stone, used for sharpening tools.
grisly adj. Fear-inspiring.
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.
guy n. Stay-rope.
gyrate v. To revolve.
gyroscope n. An instrument for illustrating the laws of rotation.