Group11 Flashcards
(38 cards)
Gregarious
Sociable
Grandiloquent
Pompous, bombastic
Grouse
To complain
Guileless
Free of cunning or deceit, artless
Guise
Outward appearance, false appearance, pretense
Gustatory
Affecting the sense of taste
Halcyon
Calm and peaceful, happy, golden, posperous
Hallowed
Holy, sacred
Harangue
Pompous speech; tirade
Gainsay
To deny, dispute, oppose
Gambol
To frolic, leap playfully
Garrulous
Very talkative, wordy
Gauche
Coarse and uncouth; clumsy
Geniality
Cheerfulness, kindliness, sociability
Gerrymander
To divide an area into voting districts in a way that it favours a political party
Glib
Fluent in an insincere way; offhand
Goad
To prod; urge on
Gossamer
Light and delicate; sheer, like cobwebs
Gouge
To tear out, scoop out, overcharge
Fracas
A loud quarrel, brawl
Fresco
A painting done on plaster
Frieze
Ornamental band on a wall
Froward
Stubbornly contrary, obstinately disobedient
Fulminate
To attack loudly, denounce