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gossip, n. tattler, tale-bearer, frump, quidnunc; gossipry.
go to bed. retire.
gourd, n. calabash.
gout, n. podagra, arthritis.
govern, v. direct, control, regulate, command, reign, influence, restrain, bridle, guide.
governable, a. manageable, obedient, submissive.
government, n. governance, sway, dominion, command, regency, authority, regulation, administration. Antonyms: anarchy, license, subjection.
governor, n. chief magistrate, executive. a.s.sociated Word: gubernatorial.
gown, n. dress; robe; wrapper; ca.s.sock, soutane.
grab, v. seize, s.n.a.t.c.h, clutch, grasp, pluck.
grace, n. compa.s.sion, lenity, mercy, benevolence, love, excellence, virtue; beauty, loveliness, gracefulness, comeliness; refinement, elegance, courtliness, culture, polish; holiness, saintliness, sanct.i.ty, devoutness.
grace, v. adorn, beautify, embellish; dignify, honor, exalt.
graceful, a. elegant, easy, willowy, courtly, polished. Antonyms: See ungraceful.
graceless, a. depraved, abandoned, reprobate, shameless, incorrigible.
gracious, a. merciful, lenient, beneficent, compa.s.sionate, benign, tender; graceful, elegant; courteous, debonair, complaisant, urbane, affable.
graduate, n. alumnus; pl. alumni.
graft, v. ingraft, march.
grafting, n. ingrafting, ingraftment, inarching.
grain, n. kernel, seed; cereals (edible grains); granule, pellet.
a.s.sociated Words: granary, sheaf, shock, farina, graniferous, chaff, glume, grits, groats, grist, Ceres, flail, thrash, windrow, frumentaceous, frumentation.
grain, n. fiber, texture; disposition, humor, temper; particle, whit, mite, scintilla, atom, iota, jot, trace.
grain-eating, a. granivorous.
grainy, a. granular, granulate, granulated, granulous.
grand, a. august, imposing, sublime, stately, magnificent, splendid, palatial, lofty, consummate, glorious, superb, elegant, majestic, gorgeous, luxurious, impressive, dignified, ill.u.s.trious, n.o.ble.
grandeur, n. splendor, magnificence, elegance, sublimity, majesty, augustness.
grandfather, n. grandsire, patriarch.
grandiose, a. impressing, imposing; bombastic, turgid, declamatory, grandiloquent.
grandmother, n. grandam.
grandparent, n. a.s.sociated Word: aval.
grant, v. convey, transfer, code; give, bestow, allot, deign, vouchsafe; admit, concede, allow, comply, permit.
grant, n. conveyance, transfer, cession;, concession; gift, bounty, subsidy.
grant back. recede.
grape-culture, n. viticulture.
grapes, n. pl. a.s.sociated Words: vineyard, vineyardist, arbor, grapery, pergola, viticolous, marc, must, prokris, rape, coulure, racemation, tartar, argol.
grape-sugar, n. glucose, dextrose, diabetic sugar, starch sugar.
grapple, v. seize, attack, clutch, grasp, struggle, wrestle, contend.
grappling dogs. spandogs.
grappling iron. grapnel, grab, grapple.
grasp, v. seize, clutch, clinch, clasp, gripe; struggle, wrestle; comprehend, understand.
grasp, n. seizure, apprehension, gripe, clasp, grip, prehension; hold, possession; comprehension, understanding.
grasping, a. avaricious, sordid, covetous, n.i.g.g.ardly, greedy.
gra.s.s, n. herbage, pasture, pasturage; sward, sod, greensward, lawn, esplanade. a.s.sociated Words: agrostology, agrostologist, agrostography, gramineous, graze, palea, graminology, gramineal, swath, rowen, aftermath, turf, tussock, ha.s.sock, aftergra.s.s, fog, glume, graminaceous.
gra.s.s-eating, a. graminivorous, herbivorous.
gra.s.s-eating animals. Herbivora.
grateful, a. thankful. Antonym: ungrateful.
gratification, n. satisfaction, indulgence, enjoyment, fruition, pleasure, delight.
gratify, v. satisfy, indulge, content, delight, humor, Antonyms: deny, mortify.
grating, a. harsh, jarring, rasping, discordant.
grat.i.tude, n. thankfulness. Antonym: ingrat.i.tude.
gratuitous, a. spontaneous, free, voluntary; unrepaid, unrequited; uncalled for, unwarranted, unfounded.
