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garrulous
Ex. My Uncle Henry can out-talk any three people I know. He is the most garrulous person in Cayuga County. |
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| loquacious; wordy; talkative |
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genre
Ex. Both a short-story writer and a poet, Langston Hughes proved himself equally skilled in either genre. |
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| particular variety of art or literature |
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germane
Ex. The judge would not allow the testimony to be heared by the jury because it was not germane to the case. |
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| pertinent; bearing upon the case at hand |
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glacial
Ex. Never a warm person, John, when offended, could seem positively glacial. |
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| like a glacier; extremely cold |
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glib
Ex. Keeping up a steady patter to entertain his customers, the kitchen gadget salesman was a glib speaker, never at a lost for a word. |
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glutton
Ex. Who is the glutton who ate up all the chocolate chip cookies I made for dessert? |
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| someone who eats too much; greedy person |
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gorge
Ex. The white-water rafting guide warned us about the rapids farther downstream, where the river cut through a narrow gorge. |
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| small, steep-walled canyon |
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grandiose
Ex. The aged matinee idol still had grandiose notions of his supposed importance in the theatrical world. |
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| pretentious; high-flown; ridiculously exaggerated; impressive |
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gratify
Ex. Amy's success in her new job gratified her parents. |
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gratuitous
Ex. Who asked you to comment? We don't need any gratuitous criticism from someone who has no business dissing us. |
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| given freely, unwarranted; unprovoked |
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