| Term | Definition |
|---|
| gouge | tear out |
| gourmand | epicure; perosn who takes excessive pleasure in food and drink |
| gourmet | connoisseur of food and drink |
| graduated | arranged by degrees |
| graft | peice of transplanted tissue; protion of plant inserted in another plant |
| grandeur | impressiveness; stateliness; majesty |
| grandiloquent | pompous; bombastic; using highsounding language |
| grandiose | pertentious; high-flown; ridiculously exaggerated; impressive |
| granulate | form into grains |
| graphic | pertaining to the art of delineating |
| grapple | wrestle; come to grips with |
| grate | make a harsh noise; have an unpleanat effect; shred |
| gratify | please |
| gratuitous | given freely; unwarranted; uncalled for |
| gravity | seriosuness |
| gregarious | sociable |
| grievance | cause of complaint |
| grill | question severely |
| grimace | a facial distortion to show feeling such as pain |
| grisly | ghastly |
| grouse | complain |
| grotesque | fantastic; comically hideous |
| grovel | crawl or creep on ground |
| grudging | unwilling |
| gruel | liquid food made by boiling oatmeal |
| grueling | exhausting |
| gruesome | grisly; horrible |
| gruff | rough-mannered |
| guffaw | boisterous laughter |
| guile | deceit |
| guileless | without deceit |
| guise | appearance; costume |
| gullible | easily deceived |
| gustatory | affecting the sense of taste |
| gusto | enjoyment |
| gusty | windy |
| hackneyed | commonplace |
| haggard | wasted away |
| haggle | argue about prices |
| hallowed | blessed |
| hallucination | delusion |
| halting | hesitant |
| hamper | obstruct |
| haphazard | random |
| harangue | noisy speech |
| harass | to annoy by repeated attacks |
| harbinger | forerunner |
| harbor | provide a refugee for |
| hardy | sturdy |
| harrowing | agonizing |
| haughtiness | pride |
| hazardous | dangerous |
| hazy | slightly obscure |
| headlong | hasty |
| headstrong | stubborn |
| heckler | person who harasses others |
| hedonist | one who believes that pleasure is the sole aim in life |
| heed | pay attention to |
| heedless | not noticing |
| heinous | atrocious |
| heresy | opinion contrary to popular belief |
| hermetic | sealed by fusion so as to be airtight;obscure and mysterious |
| hermitage | home of a hermit |
| heterodox | unorthodox; unconventional |
| heterogeneous | dissimilar;mixed |
| heyday | time of greatest success |
| hiatus | gap; interruption in duration |
| herpetologist | one who studies reptiles |
| harping | to talk or complain about something many times |
| guy | a rope which at one end is connected to a tent or pole and at the other end is fastened to the ground by a peg, keeping the tent or pole in position |
| gyroscope | a device containing a wheel which spins freely within a frame, used on aircraft and ships to help keep them horizontal, and as a children's toy |
| habituate | accustom or familiarize;addict |
| gratis | free |
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