Garrulous (adj): talkative, chatty
He is gregarious and garrulous; he loves to hang out with
the gang and gab
Gauche( adj) unskillful, awkward, maladroit
These days, gauche trends to describe social, rather than
physical, ineptness.
Opposite: dextrous
Genre (n) a type or category, especially of art or writing
Genteel (adj) refined, polite, aristocratic, affecting
refinement
The ladies at the ball were too genteel to accept our invitation
to the wrestling match.
Gesticulate ( v): to make gestures, especially when speaking
or in place of speaking
The speaker gesticulated in such a strange way that the
audience paid more attention to her hands than to her words.
Glut (n): surplus, an overabundance
The international oil shortage turned into an international
oil glut with surprising speed.
Grandiloquent (adj) pompous, using a lot of big fancy words
in an attempt to sound impressive
The new minister’s grandiloquence got him in trouble with
deacons, who wanted him to be more restrained in his sermons.
Grandiose (adj)
The NaSa’s grandiose plan was to build a huge shopping
center on the surface of the moon.
Gratuitous (adj) given freely (said of something bad),
unjustified, unprovoked, uncalled for
The scathing review of the movie contained several
gratuitous remarks about the love life of the director.
Gravity (n) seriousness
At the heart of the word gravity is the word grave, which
means serious.
Gregarious (adj) sociable, enjoying the company of others
Guile (n) cunning, duplicity, artfulness
He used guile, not intelligence, to win the spelling bee: he
cheated.
Beguile: deceive
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