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- frigidarium n. A room kept at a low temperature for preserving fruits,
meat, etc.
- frivolity n. A trifling act, thought, saying, or practice.
- frivolous adj. Trivial.
- frizz v. To give a crinkled, fluffy appearance to.
- frizzle v. To cause to crinkle or curl, as the hair.
- frolicsome adj. Prankish.
- frontier n. The part of a nation's territory that abuts upon another
country.
- frowzy adj. Slovenly in appearance.
- frugal adj. Economical.
- fruition n. Fulfillment.
- fugacious adj. Fleeting.
- fulcrum n. The support on or against which a lever rests, or the
point about which it turns.
- fulminate v. To cause to explode.
- fulsome adj. Offensive from excess of praise or commendation.
- fumigate v. To subject to the action of smoke or fumes, especially
for disinfection.
- functionary n. An official.
- fundamental adj. Basal.
- fungible adj. That may be measured, counted, or weighed.
- fungous adj. Spongy.
- fungus n. A plant destitute of chlorophyll, as a mushroom.
- furbish v. To restore brightness or beauty to.
- furlong n. A measure, one-eighth of a mile.
- furlough n. A temporary absence of a soldier or sailor by permission
of the commanding officer.
- furrier n. A dealer in or maker of fur goods.
- further adj. More distant or advanced.
- furtherance n. Advancement.
- furtive adj. Stealthy or sly, like the actions of a thief.
- fuse v. To unite or blend as by melting together.
- fusible adj. Capable of being melted by heat.
- futile adj. Of no avail or effect.
- futurist n. A person of expectant temperament.
- gauge n. An instrument for measuring.
- gaiety n. Festivity.
- gaily adv. Merrily.
- gait n. Carriage of the body in going.
- gallant adj. Possessing a brave or chivalrous spirit.
- galore adj. Abundant.
- galvanic adj. Pertaining or relating to electricity produced by chemical
action.
- galvanism n. Current electricity, especially that arising from chemical
action.
- galvanize v. To imbue with life or animation.
- gamble v. To risk money or other possession on an event, chance,
or contingency.
- gambol n. Playful leaping or frisking.
- gamester n. A gambler.
- gamut n. The whole range or sequence.
- garnish v. In cookery, to surround with additions for embellishment.
- garrison n. The military force stationed in a fort, town, or other
place for its defense.
- garrote v. To execute by strangling.
- garrulous adj. Given to constant trivial talking.
- gaseous adj. Light and unsubstantial.
- gastric adj. Of, pertaining to, or near the stomach.
- gastritis n. Inflammation of the stomach.
- gastronomy n. The art of preparing and serving appetizing food.
- gendarme n. In continental Europe, particularly in France, a uniformed
and armed police officer.
- genealogy n. A list, in the order of succession, of ancestors and
their descendants.
- genealogist n. A tracer of pedigrees.
- generality n. The principal portion.
- generalize v. To draw general inferences.
- generally adv. Ordinarily.
- generate v. To produce or cause to be.
- generic adj. Noting a genus or kind; opposed to specific.
- generosity n. A disposition to give liberally or to bestow favors
heartily.
- genesis n. Creation.
- geniality n. Warmth and kindliness of disposition.
- genital adj. Of or pertaining to the animal reproductive organs.
- genitive adj. Indicating source, origin, possession, or the like.
- genteel adj. Well-bred or refined.
- gentile adj. Belonging to a people not Jewish.
- geology n. The department of natural science that treats of the constitution
and structure of the earth.
- germane adj. Relevant.
- germinate v. To begin to develop into an embryo or higher form.
- gestation n. Pregnancy.
- gesticulate v. To make gestures or motions, as in speaking, or in
place of speech.
- gesture n. A movement or action of the hands or face, expressive
of some idea or emotion.
- ghastly adj. Hideous.
- gibe v. To utter taunts or reproaches.
- giddy adj. Affected with a whirling or swimming sensation in the
head.
- gigantic adj. Tremendous.
- giver n. One who gives, in any sense.
- glacial adj. Icy, or icily cold.
- glacier n. A field or stream of ice.
- gladden v. To make joyous.
- glazier n. One who cuts and fits panes of glass, as for windows.
- glimmer n. A faint, wavering, unsteady light.
- glimpse n. A momentary look.
- globose adj. Spherical.
- globular adj. Spherical.
- glorious adj. Of excellence and splendor.
- glutinous adj. Sticky.
- gluttonous adj. Given to excess in eating.
- gnash v. To grind or strike the teeth together, as from rage.
- Gordian knot n. Any difficulty the only issue out of which is by
bold or unusual manners.
- gourmand n. A connoisseur in the delicacies of the table.
- gosling n. A young goose.
- gossamer adj. Flimsy.
- gourd n. A melon, pumpkin, squash, or some similar fruit having a
hard rind.
- graceless adj. Ungracious.
- gradation n. A step, degree, rank, or relative position in an order
or series.
- gradient adj. Moving or advancing by steps.
- granary n. A storehouse for grain after it is thrashed or husked.
- grandeur n. The quality of being grand or admirably great.
- grandiloquent adj. Speaking in or characterized by a pompous or bombastic
style.
- grandiose adj. Having an imposing style or effect.
- grantee n. The person to whom property is transferred by deed.
- grantor n. The maker of a deed.
- granular adj. Composed of small grains or particles.
- granulate v. To form into grains or small particles.
- granule n. A small grain or particle.
- grapple v. To take hold of.
- gratification n. Satisfaction.
- gratify v. To please, as by satisfying a physical or mental desire
or need.
- gratuitous adj. Voluntarily.
- gratuity n. That which is given without demand or claim. Tip.
- gravity n. Seriousness.
- gregarious adj. Not habitually solitary or living alone.
- grenadier n. A member of a regiment composed of men of great stature.
- grief n. Sorrow.
- grievance n. That which oppresses, injures, or causes grief and at
the same time a sense of wrong.
- grievous adj. Creating affliction.
- grimace n. A distortion of the features, occasioned by some feeling
of pain, disgust, etc.
- grindstone n. A flat circular stone, used for sharpening tools.
- grisly adj. Fear-inspiring.
- grotesque adj. Incongruously composed or ill-proportioned.
- grotto n. A small cavern.
- ground n. A pavement or floor or any supporting surface on which
one may walk.
- guess n. Surmise.
- guile n. Duplicity.
- guileless adj. Frank.
- guinea n. An English monetary unit.
- guise n. The external appearance as produced by garb or costume.
- gullible adj. Credulous.
- gumption n. Common sense.
- gusto n. Keen enjoyment.
- guy n. Stay-rope.
- guzzle v. To swallow greedily or hastily; gulp.
- gynecocracy n. Female supremacy.
- gynecology n. The science that treats of the functions and diseases
peculiar to women.
- gyrate v. To revolve.
- gyroscope n. An instrument for illustrating the laws of rotation.
- habitable adj. Fit to be dwelt in.
- habitant n. Dweller.
- habitual adj. According to usual practice.
- habitude n. Customary relation or association.
- hackney v. To make stale or trite by repetition.
- haggard adj. Worn and gaunt in appearance.
- halcyon adj. Calm.
- hale adj. Of sound and vigorous health.
- handwriting n. Penmanship.
- hanger-on n. A parasite.
- happy-go-lucky adj. Improvident.
- harangue n. A tirade.
- harass v. To trouble with importunities, cares, or annoyances.
- harbinger n. One who or that which foreruns and announces the coming
of any person or thing.
- hard-hearted adj. Lacking pity or sympathy.
- hardihood n. Foolish daring.
- harmonious adj. Concordant in sound.
- havoc n. Devastation.
- hawthorn n. A thorny shrub much used in England for hedges.
- hazard n. Risk.
- head first adv. Precipitately, as in diving.
- head foremost adv. Precipitately, as in diving.
- heartrending adj. Very depressing.
- heathenish adj. Irreligious.
- heedless adj. Thoughtless.
- heifer n. A young cow.
- heinous adj. Odiously sinful.
- hemorrhage n. Discharge of blood from a ruptured or wounded blood-vessel.
- hemorrhoids n. pl. Tumors composed of enlarged and thickened blood-vessels,
at the lower end of the rectum.
- henchman n. A servile assistant and subordinate.
- henpeck v. To worry or harass by ill temper and petty annoyances.
- heptagon n. A figure having seven sides and seven angles.
- heptarchy n. A group of seven governments.
- herbaceous adj. Having the character of a herb
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