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11/19/2011

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gainsay
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to deny
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gall (n)
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bitterness;careless nerve
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gall (v)
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to exasperate and irritate
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gallant
Definition
a very fashionable young man
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gambol
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to dance or skip around playfully
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garrulous
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very talkative
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gauche
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crude, socially awkward
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gaucherie
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a tactless or awkward act
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genteel
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stylish, elegant in manner or appearance
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gibe (v)
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to make heckling, taunting remarks
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glib
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fluent in an insincere manner; offhand, casual
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goad
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to prod or urge
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gossamer
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something light, delicate, or tenuous
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grandiloquence
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pompous talk, fancy but meaningless language
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gregarious
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outgoing, sociable
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gustatory
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relating to sense of taste
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hackneyed
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work out by over-use
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hamlet
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small village
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hapless
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unfortunate, having bad luck
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harangue
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a pompous speech
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harbinger
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precursor, sign of something to come
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harrowing
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extremely distressing, terrifying
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headlong
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recklessly
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hector
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a bully, braggart
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hegemony
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leadership, domination, usually be a country
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hermetic
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tightly sealed
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heterodox
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unorthodox, not widely accepted
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hidebound
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excessively rigid; dry and stiff
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hinterland
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wilderness
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hoary
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very old;whitish or gray from age
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holocaust
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widespread destruction, usually by fire
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homonym
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word identical in pronunciation but different in meaning
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hutch
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pen or coop for animals; shack, shanty
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gourmand
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a person who is fond of good eating, often indiscriminatingly and to excess.
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grandiloquent
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speaking or expressed in a lofty style, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
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