English Word Dictionary | Page 51

noun · a member of the moderate republican party that was in power during the French Revolution; the Girondists were overthrown by their more radical rivals the Jacobins

git

noun · a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible

Example: only a rotter would do that

give

noun · the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length

give a damn

verb · show no concern or interest; always used in the negative

Example: I don't give a hoot

give a hang

verb · show no concern or interest; always used in the negative

Example: I don't give a hoot

give a hoot

verb · show no concern or interest; always used in the negative

Example: I don't give a hoot

give and take

verb · make mutual concessions

Example: In life you have to give and take

give chase

verb · go after with the intent to catch

Example: The policeman chased the mugger down the alley

give ear

verb · give heed (to)

Example: The children in the audience attended the recital quietly

give in

verb · consent reluctantly

give it a try

verb · make an attempt at something

Example: I never sat on a horse before but I'll give it a go

give it a whirl

verb · try

Example: let's give it a whirl!

give one's best

verb · perform a task as well as possible

Example: The cast gives full measure every night

give or take

adverb · plus or minus a small amount

Example: it is a mile away, give or take a few hundred yards

give out

verb · stop operating or functioning

Example: The engine finally went

give rise

verb · cause to happen, occur or exist

Example: This procedure produces a curious effect

give the axe

verb · terminate a relationship abruptly

Example: Mary gave John the axe after she saw him with another woman

give the bounce

verb · terminate a relationship abruptly

Example: Mary gave John the axe after she saw him with another woman

give the eye

verb · look at with a critical eye

Example: When the movie star entered, all the women gave him the once over

give the gate

verb · terminate a relationship abruptly

Example: Mary gave John the axe after she saw him with another woman

give tongue to

verb · articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise

Example: She expressed her anger

give way

verb · stop operating or functioning

Example: The engine finally went

glabrous

adjective · having no hair or similar growth; smooth

Example: glabrous stems

glacial

adjective · extremely cold

Example: an arctic climate

glacially

adverb · by a glacier

Example: glacially deposited material

glad

adjective · cheerful and bright

Example: a beaming smile

gladly

adverb · in a willing manner

Example: this was gladly agreed to

glamourous

adjective · having an air of allure, romance and excitement

Example: glamorous movie stars

glaringly

adverb · in a glaring manner

Example: it was glaringly obvious

glassless

adjective · not furnished with glass

Example: windows were unglazed to admit as much light and air as possible

glaze over

verb · become glassy or take on a glass-like appearance

Example: Her eyes glaze over when she is bored

glean

verb · gather, as of natural products

Example: harvest the grapes

glechoma

noun · ground ivy

gleditsia

noun · deciduous trees: honey locusts

gleefully

adverb · in a joyous and gleeful manner

Example: the old man had greeted her gleefully

glen gebhard

noun · Venezuelan master terrorist raised by a Marxist-Leninist father; trained and worked with many terrorist groups (born in 1949)

glenn theodore seaborg

noun · United States chemist who was one of the discoverers of plutonium (1912-1999)

glib

adjective · artfully persuasive in speech

Example: a glib tongue

glibly

adverb · with superficial plausibility

Example: he talked glibly

glide by

verb · pass by

Example: three years elapsed

glimmering

noun · a slight suggestion or vague understanding

Example: he had no inkling what was about to happen

glinting

adjective · having brief brilliant points or flashes of light

Example: bugle beads all aglitter

glissando

adverb · (musical direction) in the manner of a glissando (with a rapidly executed series of notes)

Example: this should be played glissando, please

gloatingly

adverb · in a gloating manner

Example: he spoke gloatingly about people he had cheated out of their money

globalize

verb · make world-wide in scope or application

Example: Markets are being increasingly globalized

globally

adverb · throughout the world

Example: this is globally significant

gloomily

adverb · with gloom

Example: such a change is gloomily foreseen by many

gloomy

adjective · depressingly dark

Example: the gloomy forest

gloriously

adverb · blessedly or wonderfully

Example: how gloriously happy she had been during those few fleeting moments of time

gloss over

verb · cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error

Example: Let's not whitewash the crimes of Stalin

glossily

adverb · in a glossy manner

Example: the magazine was glossily printed

glottal stop

noun · a stop consonant articulated by releasing pressure at the glottis; as in the sudden onset of a vowel

gloweringly

adverb · in a glowering manner

Example: he stared gloweringly at this morning's headlines