SAT words - G
| Gaffe - n. a blatant mistake | |
| syn. misjudgement, blooper, blunder | |
| ant. correction | |
| Apparently, wearing a purple polka-dotted tuxedo to the prom was a horrible gaffe. | |
| Gait - n. a particular way of walking | |
| syn. amble, canter | |
| ant. stopping | |
| His gait towards the garage became a dash when he saw the new car waiting for him. | |
| Galvanize- v. to arouse to awareness/action | |
| syn. stimulate, invigorate | |
| ant. bore, dull, tire | |
| The tornado chasing him galvanized him to run even faster. | |
| Gambol - v. to leap about playfully | |
| syn. frolic, cavort | |
| ant. crawl, limp | |
| The rabbit was peacefully gamboling in the fields before the hunter shot it to pieces. | |
| Garble - v. to change meaning through misrepresentation of facts | |
| syn. confuse, distort | |
| ant. clarify | |
| The media garbled last week's events, so now everyone thinks I tried to make out with a dog. | |
| Garner - v. to gather or collect | |
| syn. accumulate, earn | |
| ant. lose, get rid of | |
| Though he tried all week, he couldn't garner enough money to buy the antique toothpick dispenser. | |
| Garrulous - adj. extremely talkative | |
| syn. gabby, wordy, verbose | |
| ant. quiet | |
| If that garrulous person doesn't shut up, I'm going to have to kick his ass. | |
| Gerontology - n. study of old age | |
| syn. (none) | |
| ant. (none) | |
| Though she was a gerontologist, she still didn't understand everything about old age. | |
| Germane - adj. fitting and appropriate | |
| syn. relevant, pertinent | |
| ant. nonrelated | |
| Vladimir of Romania, who stuck his enemies on pikes around his castle, received the appropriate and germane nickname of "Vlad the Impaler." | |
| Gloat - v. to show excessive satisfaction | |
| syn. relish, revel in | |
| ant. leave alone | |
| After beating me in the toothpick architecture competition, my opponenet gloated over me. | |
| Glutton - n. one who is overly hungry for something | |
| syn. gobbler, overeater | |
| ant. conservative | |
| A lot of buffet restaurants try to refuse to service to anyone who looks like a glutton. | |
| Gnash - v. to grind or strike together | |
| syn. rub, abrate | |
| ant. (none) | |
| I gnashed my teeth together in frustration after my toothpick structure fell apart again. | |
| Gorge - v. to excessively feed | |
| syn. devour, gobble | |
| ant. starve, throw up, nibble | |
| The Martian scavenger zombies gorged on the Mole Men's remains after slaughtering them. | |
| Gourmand - n. gluttonous eater | |
| syn. epicurean, connoisseur, overeater | |
| ant. (none) | |
| The gourmand wolfed down 90 hotdogs and was still asking for more food. | |
| Grandiloquent - adj. characterized by pomposity | |
| syn. bombastic, pompous | |
| ant. modest, humble | |
| That grandiloquent bastard thinks he's the king of the world just because he came within 50 feet of Cameron Diaz. | |
| Granule - n. small particle | |
| syn. grain, fragment | |
| ant. large part | |
| For some reason, I always have small granules of rice stuck in my teeth after meals. | |
| Gratuitous - adj. offered freely but unwanted | |
| syn. needless, free, chargeless | |
| ant. important | |
| People at job fairs usually hand out lots of gratuitous stuff, free but not really needed. | |
| Gravity - n. weighty importance | |
| syn. seriousness | |
| ant. levity | |
| Perhaps you don't understand the gravity and seriousness of the situation, Mr. Anderson. | |
| Greenhorn - n. someone who is inexperienced | |
| syn. amateur, noob | |
| ant. professional | |
| You can't expect even the most artistic greehorns to paint a masterpiece on their 1st try. | |
| Gregarious - adj. fond of groups | |
| syn. social, convivial | |
| ant. antisocial, independent | |
| The friendly and gregarious boy could always be found surrounded by friends. | |
| Grueling - adj. demanding and exhausting | |
| syn. punishing, tiring | |
| ant. not tiring, easy | |
| The grueling and difficult test took 5 long hours to complete. | |
| Guile - n. deceptive cunning | |
| syn. trickery, deceit | |
| ant. truthfulness | |
| I think I may need to lie, cheat, and use much guile to trick a girl into going out with me. | |
| Gustatory - adj. pertaining to the sense of taste | |
| syn. (none) | |
| ant. (none) | |
| His extraordinary gustatory senses enabled him to tell where cheeses were made after just one single bite. | |
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© Raymond Ma 2004