Gainsay - Gossamer
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| Gainsay | to deny
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| Gait | manner of waling or running; speed
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| Galaxy | large, isolated system of stars, such as the Milky Way; a collection of brilliant personalities
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| Gale | windstorm; gust of wind; emotional outburst
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| Gall | bitterness; nerve
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| Gall | to annoy; chafe
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| Galleon | large sailing ship
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| Galvanize | to stimulate by shock; to stir up; revitalize
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| Gambit | an opening in which a player seeks to obtain some advantage by sacrificing a pawn or piece
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| Gambol | to romp; to skip about; to leap playfully
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| Gamely | in a spirited manner; with courage
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| Gamut | entire range
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| Gape | to open widely
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| Garbled | mixed up; jumbled; distorted
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| Gargantuan | huge; enormous
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| Gargoyle | a grotesquely carved figure of a human or animal
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| Garish | overbright in color; gaudy
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| Garner | to gather; to store up
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| Garnish | to decorate
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| Garrulous | loquacious; wordy; talkative
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| Gastronomy | science of preparing serving good food
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| Gauche | clumsy; coarse and uncouth
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| Gaudy | flashy; showy
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| Gaunt | lean and angular; barren
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| Gavel | hammerlike tool; mallet
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| Gawk | stare foolishly
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| Gazette | official periodical publication
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| Genealogy | record of descent; lineage
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| Generality | vague statement
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| Generate | to cause; to produce; to create
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| Generic | characteristic of an entire class or species
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| Genesis | beginning; origin
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| Geniality | cheerfulness; kindliness; sympathy
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| Genre | particular variety of art or literature
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| Genteel | well-bred; elegant
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| Gentility | those of gentle birth; refinement
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| Gentry | people of standing; class of people just below nobility
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| Genuflect | to bend the knee as a in worship
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| Germane | pertinent; bearing upon the case at hand
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| Germinal | pertaining to a germ; creative
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| Germinate | to cause to sprout; sprout
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| Gerontocracy | government ruled by old people
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| Gerrymander | to change voting district lines in order to favor a political party
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| Gestate | to evolve, as in prenatal growth
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| Gesticulation | motion; gesture
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| Ghastly | horrible
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| Gibberish | nonsense; babbling
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| Gibe | to mock
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| Giddy | light-hearted; dizzy
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| Gingerly | very carefully
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| Girth | distance around something; circumference
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| Gist | essence
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| Glacial | like a glacier; extremely cold
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| Glaring | highly conspicuous; harshly bright
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| Glaze | to cover with a thin and shiny surface
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| Glean | to gather leavings
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| Glib | fluent; facile; slick
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| Glimmer | to shine erratically; twinkle
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| Gloat | express evil satisfaction; view malevolently
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| Gloss over | to explain away
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| Glossary | brief explanation of words used in the text
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| Glossy | smooth and shining
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| Glower | to scowl
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| Glut | to overstock; to fill to excess
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| Glutinous | sticky; viscous
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| Glutton | someone who eats too much
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| Gnarled | twisted
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| Gnome | dwarf; underground spirit
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| Goad | to urge on
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| Gorge | narrow canyon; step, rocky cleft
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| Gorge | to stuff oneself
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| Gory | bloody
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| Gossamer | something extremely light, flimsy, or delicate; like cobwebs
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