| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Factious | quarrelsome, rebellious, unruly |
| froward | intractable, not willing to yield or comply, stubbornly disobedient |
| fulminate | to attack loudly or denounce |
| furtive | marked by stealth, covert, surreptitious |
| gainsay | to deny, dispute, contradict, oppose |
| gambol | to skip about playfully, frolic |
| garner | to gather and save, store up, acquire |
| garrulous | pointlessly talkative, talking too much |
| gauche | crude, awkward, tasteless. left in french |
| germane | relevant to subject at hand, appropriate in subject matter |
| glib | marked by ease or informality, nonchalant |
| grandiloquence | pompous speech or expression |
| grouse | to complain or grumble |
| guile | trickery, duplicity, cunning |
| guileless | free from guile, naaive |
| beguile | deceive by guile or to charm |
| guy | a rope or chord attached to something as a brace or guide |
| hackneyed | rendered trite or commonplace by frequent usage |
| halcyon | calm and peaceful, properous |
| hallow | to set apart as holy |
| harangue | to deliver a loud, pompous speech or tirade |
| harrow | to distress, create stress or torment |
| hedonism | devotion to pleasurable pursuits, esp pleasure of senses |
| hegemony | consistent dominance of one group, state, or ideology |
| hermetic | airtight, impervious to outside influence |
| heterodox | unorthodox, heretical, iconoclastic |
| hirsute | hairy, shaggy |
| homily | sermon or morally instructive lecture, a platitude |
| homiletics | art of preachings |
| homogenous | same throughout |
| hubris | arrogant presumption or pride |
| hyperbole | an exaggerated statement, often used as a figure of speech |
| iconoclast | one who attacks or undermines traditional conventions or institutions |
| idyll | carefree, light hearted pastoral or romantic episode or experience, a literary music piece |
| ignominious | shameful, dishonorable, ignoble |
| imbroglio | difficult or embarrassing situation |
| imminent | about to happen, impending |
| immutable | not capable of change |
| impassive | revealing no emotion or sensibility |
| impecunious | lacking funds, without money |
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