Words Starting With "G"

1. Gaffe (N) – social blunder; indiscreet act or remark; “He didn’t realize what gaffe he was doing”
2. Gall (N) – impudence
3. Galleon (N) – a large Spanish ship; large sailing ship
4. Gamut (N) – complete range of scale or something; “The whole gamut of human emotion from joy to despair.”
5. Garbled (A) – confused or misleading; jumbled or distorted; garbled message; “The injured man still go gorgy and could only give a garbled account of the accident.”
6. Gauche (A) – socially awkward or clumsy; coarse or uncouth; “I find him terribly gauche compared to the sophisticated young ladies in their elegant gowns.” awkward when dealing with people and often saying or doing the wrong thing: a gauche schoolgirl / manner
7. Gaunt (A) – lean and angular; made exceptionally thin by hunger and illness; haggard; "The gaunt face of Vietnamese”; barren; desolate; bare
8. Geniality (N) – cheerfulness, kindliness; sympathy; “This restaurant is famous and popular because of the geniality of the proprietor”.
9. Genteel (A) – well-bred; elegant; “Living in a genteel poverty” means trying to maintain the style of upper-class living, though too poor to do so”
10. Gentility (N) – having genteel manner; “Her family was proud of its gentility and elegance"
11. Gibberish (N) – meaningless sounds; unintelligent talk; nonsense; babbling; “Did you hear that foolish boy spouting gibberish about monsters from outer space?”
12. Gibe (V) – scoff; make fun of something; jeer at or mock somebody or something; “It’s easy enough for you to gibe at them, but could you do any better?”
13. Giddy (A) – not serious; a giddy girl; light-hearted; dizzy; “He felt that his giddy youth was past”
14. Gingerly (Adv.) – carefully; with great care and caution to avoid causing harm or making a noise; “To separate egg-whites, first crack the egg gingerly”
15. Glaze (N) – cover with thin and shiny surface; “The freezing rain glazed the streets and made driving hazardous”.
16. Glib (A) – fluent; facile; slick; speaking fluently and without hesitation, but not sincerely and trustworthily; “He became a glib speaker”.
17. Gloat (V) – express or feel selfish delight at one’s own success or good fortune or somebody else's failure; view malevolently; “AS you gloat over your ill-gotten wealth, do you think of the many victims you have defrauded”
18. Glower (V) – look in an angry or threatening way; scowl; “The angry boy glowered at his father”.
19. Glutinous (A) – sticky; viscous; a glutinous substance”
20. Goad (N) – pointed stick making animals move on; thing urging a person to action; “Motivated by the twin goad of punishment and reward he completed the work on time.”
21. Goad (V) – urge on; continually provoke or annoy
22. Gout (N) – pain in toe due to uric acid
23. Granulate – turn into grain
24. Grapple (V) – wrestle; “He grappled with the burglar and overpowered him”
25. Grate (V) – make a harsh noise; have an unpleasant effect; shred; “The screams of the quarrelling children grated on the nerves”.
26. Greenback – notes produced by central bank
27. Grimace (N) – scowl; frown; smirk; pout; sneer; contortions; a facial distortion to show feeling such as pain or disgust; “Even though he remained silent his grimace indicated his utter displeasure”
28. Grisly (A) – causing horror or terror; ghastly; gruesome; hideous; abhorrent; macabre; odious; horrendous; repulsive; grim; repugnant; repellent; “He shuddered at the grisly sight where Dracula was feeding his venomous blood to Mina”
29. Grotto (N) – cave, especially the one made artificially as garden shelter; cavern; underground chamber; hollow; pothole
30. Grouse (V) – complain; grumble; make fuss; whine; bleat; carp; cavil; “Students traditionally grouse about the abysmal quality of mystery meat and similar dormitory food”
31. Grovel (V) – crawl or creep on ground; remain prostrate; be obsequious; toady; fawn on; truckle; kowtow; abase one-self; ingratiate one-self; “Even though we have been defeated, we do not have to grovel before our conquerors”
32. Grudging (A) – unwilling; reluctant; stingy; half-hearted; resentful; “We received our grudging support from the mayor despite his earlier promises of aid”
33. Grueling (A) – exhausting; severe; wearing; debilitating; “the marathon is a grueling race”
34. Gruff (A) – rough-mannered; abrupt; brusque; laconic; surly; churlish; grumpy; crotchety; crabby; “Beneath his gruff exterior, he’s very kind-hearted”
35. Guffaw (N) – boisterous laughter
36. Gusto (N) – enjoyment; enthusiasm; appetite; glee; zest; fervor; verve
37. Guy (N) – rope or chain used to keep something steady or secured e.g. to hold a tent in place