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English Word Dictionary

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goofy

adjective · ludicrous, foolish

Example: gave me a cockamamie reason for not going

goosy

adjective · having or revealing stupidity

Example: ridiculous anserine behavior

gorgeously

adverb · in an impressively beautiful manner

Example: the Princess was gorgeously dressed

gormandize

verb · overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself

Example: She stuffed herself at the dinner

gossipy

adjective · prone to friendly informal communication

gouverneur morris

noun · United States statesman who led the committee that produced the final draft of the United States Constitution (1752-1816)

govern

verb · direct or strongly influence the behavior of

Example: His belief in God governs his conduct

governing

adjective · responsible for making and enforcing rules and laws

Example: governing bodies

governmentally

adverb · by government

Example: governmentally determined policy

gracefully

adverb · in a graceful manner

Example: she swooped gracefully

graceless

adjective · lacking social polish

Example: too gauche to leave the room when the conversation became intimate

gracelessly

adverb · in a graceless manner

Example: she moves rather gracelessly

graciously

adverb · in a gracious or graceful manner

Example: he did not have a chance to grow up graciously

gradate

verb · pass imperceptibly from one degree, shade, or tone into another

Example: The paint on these walls gradates but you don't see it

gradually

adverb · in a gradual manner

Example: the snake moved gradually toward its victim

graduated

adjective · taking place by degrees

gram atom

noun · the quantity of an element whose weight in grams is numerically equal to the atomic weight of the element

grammatically

adverb · in a grammatical manner

Example: this child already speaks grammatically

grand

adjective · used of a person's appearance or behavior; befitting an eminent person

Example: his distinguished bearing

grandiloquently

adverb · in a rhetorically grandiloquent manner

Example: the orator spoke magniloquently

grandiosely

adverb · in a grandiose manner

Example: the building was bombastically spacious

grandly

adverb · in a grand manner

Example: the mansion seemed grandly large by today's standards

granny

noun · a reef knot crossed the wrong way and therefore insecure

granulate

verb · form granulating tissue

Example: wounds and ulcers can granulate

granulocytopenia

noun · an acute blood disorder (often caused by radiation or drug therapy) characterized by severe reduction in granulocytes

granulose

adjective · composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency

Example: granular sugar

graphic

adjective · describing nudity or sexual activity in graphic detail

Example: graphic sexual scenes

graphically

adverb · in a graphic way

Example: he described the event graphically

grass pea

noun · European annual grown for forage; seeds used for food in India and for stock elsewhere

grass widow

noun · a divorced woman or a woman who is separated from her husband

gratefully

adverb · in a thankful manner; with thanks

Example: he accepted thankfully my apologies

gratify

verb · yield (to); give satisfaction to

gratifyingly

adverb · in a gratifying manner

Example: the performance was at a gratifyingly high level

grating

adjective · unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound

Example: a gravelly voice

gratingly

adverb · in a harsh and grating manner

Example: her voice fell gratingly on our ears

gratuitously

adverb · in an uncalled-for manner

Example: he insulted us gratuitously

gratulatory

adjective · expressive of sympathetic pleasure or joy on account of someone's success or good fortune

Example: a congratulatory telegram

grave

adjective · causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm

Example: a dangerous operation

gravely

adverb · to a severe or serious degree

Example: fingers so badly frozen they had to be amputated

gravitationally

adverb · with respect to gravitation

Example: gravitationally strong forces

grayly

adverb · having a grey appearance

Example: lonely creeks are opal in the dawn, sword-blue in the sun, greyly silver under misty moons

grease one's palms

verb · make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence

Example: This judge can be bought

greasily

adverb · in a greasy manner

Example: the food was greasily unappetizing

great

adjective · in an advanced stage of pregnancy

Example: was big with child

great st john's wort

noun · perennial shrub having large star-shaped yellow flowers in narrowly pyramidal cymes

greatly

adverb · to an extraordinary extent or degree

Example: he improved greatly

greedy

adjective · wanting to eat or drink more than one can reasonably consume

Example: don't be greedy with the cookies

green

adjective · of the color between blue and yellow in the color spectrum; similar to the color of fresh grass

Example: a green tree

green-blind

adjective · inability to see the color green or to distinguish green and purplish-red

green-eyed

adjective · suspicious or unduly suspicious or fearful of being displaced by a rival

Example: a jealous lover

green-white

adjective · of white flowers tinged with green

greenly

adverb · with green color

Example: the countryside rolled greenly down into the valley

greenside

adjective · adjacent to a putting green

Example: greenside bunker

greet

verb · react to in a certain way

Example: The President was greeted with catcalls