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grace.noun,.plural.graces
grace is the attitude of being excited to share
with others something good you have and/or know about so they too will
have it; grace is being in alignment
with higher consciousness things of the spirit and the good and never
ending life that can bring these things to all individuals; grace is
also ease
and suppleness of movement or
bearing;
a trait that fascinates,
allures
or delights;
a physical attraction;
compelling
attractiveness;
charm; the kindness
of the Creator upon an individual (read the short epistles
of John); gracious.conversation;
a disposition to be generous
or helpful;
goodwill;
mercy;
clemency;
a favor.rendered
by one who need not do so;
a temporary.immunity
or exemption;
a reprieve
grace, graced,
gracing,
graces.transitive
verbs
to lightly touch (the flying pebble graced his
forhead; a new thought graced his mind); to honor or favor (you grace our
table with your presence,
thank you for coming); to give beauty, elegance
or charm to (she provided such beauty
by her presence; pictures exhibiting
the quality of grace:.1,
2,
3,
4)
graceful.adjective
showing grace of movement,
form
or proportion
gracefully.adverb
gracefulness.noun,.plural.gracefulnesses
in
the bad graces of.idiom
out of favor with
in the good graces of.idiom
in favor with
with
bad grace.idiom
in a grudging manner
with good grace.idiom
in a willing manner
greed.noun,.plural.greeds
excessive
or reprehensible.acquisitiveness;
avarice;
excessive or insatiable
desire for wealth or gain for the self; the opposite
of giving is
greediness (Psalms 10:7-10)
cupidity
greedy, greedier,
greediest.adjectives
excessively.desirous
of acquiring or possessing,
especially
wishing to possess more than what one needs; wanting to eat or drink more
than one can reasonably consume;
gluttonous;
extremely eager
or desirous (greedy for opportunities
to increase at the expense of others;.Isaiah
56:11 "Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough and they
are shepherds that cannot understand. They all look to their own way, every
one for his gain, from his quarter." Proverbs
1:19 "So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain, which take
away the life of the owners thereof.".The
satanic
side uses greed to perpetuate
its policies of killing humanity)
greedily.adverb
greediness.noun,.plural.greedinesses
generous.adjective
liberal
in giving or sharing; magnanimous;
marked
by abundance;
ample
(a generous slice of cake)
generously.adverb
generousness.noun,.plural.generousnesses
generosity.noun,.plural.generosities
liberality in giving or willingness to give; magnanimity;
abundance; a generous act
gaudy, gaudier,
gaudiest.adjectives
ostentatiously
or tastelessly ornamented; marked by dazzling
brilliance, showiness or extravagance (gaudy praise); implies
a tasteless use of overly bright, often clashing colors or excessive ornamentation
(circus performers in gaudy costumes)
gaudily.adverb
gaudiness.noun,.plural.gaudinesses
synonyms.tawdry,
garish, flashy,
meretricious;
these words all mean vulgarly or
cheaply showy
garish.adjective
marred
by strident color or excessive
ornamentation; gaudy; loud and flashy
(garish makeup); glaring; dazzling;
garish describes what is distressingly
or offensively bright (garish
neon signs)
garishly.adverb
garishness.noun,.plural.garishnesses
genuine.adjective
sincere;
transparent;
actually having the reputed or apparent.qualities
or character.(genuine
vintage wines); the real McCoy;
actually produced by or proceeding from the alleged
source or author
(the signature is genuine); free from hypocrisy
or pretense; sincerely
and honestly felt or experienced (a deep and genuine love); actual,
true (a genuine improvement); actually possessing the alleged
or apparent.attribute
or character (genuine leather); not spurious
or counterfeit; authentic;
honestly
felt or experienced (genuine devotion);
actual; real
(a genuine
dilemma); free from
hypocrisy
or dishonesty;
sincere;
being of pure or original stock (a genuine Hawaiian)
genuinely.adverb
genuineness.noun,.plural.genuinenesses
synonym.authentic
genius.noun,.plural.geniuses.or.genii.(pronounced
'gene e i')
extraordinary.intellectual
and creative power; the ability
to perceive
impressions from other than what is immediately observable; to notice
information unavailable from surface impressions; intuition;
a person of extraordinary intellect and talent ("One
is not born a genius, one becomes a genius."....Simone
de Beauvoir;."Genius
is a man who has discovered how to increase the intensity of thought to
the point where he can freely communicate with sources of knowledge not
available through the ordinary state of thought."....Napoleon
Hill, American Author of.Think
and Grow Rich); a strong natural talent,
aptitude.or.inclination
(has a genius for choosing the right words; my father was a genius at storytelling);
special skill at doing something (that woman has a genius for intuition)
genius loci.noun,.plural.genius
locis.(pronounced 'low key')
the general atmosphere of a place
gullet.noun,.plural.gullets
throat, esophagus
guile.noun,.plural.guiles
guile is the low quality
of being adept at deceiving
human beings in a clever
way; subtlety,
deceit,
duplicity;
craft;
treacherous.cunning
(example); slyness
and cunning in dealing
with others
guile, guiled,
guiling,
guiles.transitive
verbs
to beguile;
deceive
guilefully.adverb
guileful.adjective
guilefulness.noun,.plural.guilefulnesses
goad, goaded,
goading,
goads.transitive
verbs
to prod
or urge with or as if with a long pointed stick; to incite
action from or rouse as if with a
cattle prod; to drive (as cattle) with a goad
goad.noun,.plural.goads
something that pricks like a thorn; something
that urges or stimulates into action, like a spur; a pointed rod used to
urge on an animal
gibberish.noun,.plural.gibberishes
unintelligible
or meaningless language; needlessly.obscure
language; unnecessarily.pretentious
and/or vague language lacking.commonsense
glimpse.noun,.plural.glimpses
a brief, incomplete view or look
glimpse, glimpsed,
glimpsing,
glimpses.verbs
transitive verb use.to
obtain a brief, incomplete view of; if you get a glimpse
of someone or something, you see them very briefly
and not very well; a quick view; perceive.momentarily;
a glimpse of something is a brief experience of it or an idea
about it that helps you overstand
or appreciate it better; an
espy
intransitive
verb use.to look briefly; glance
(glimpsed at the headlines)
glimpser.noun,.plural.glimpsers
gibe, gibed.or.jibed,
gibing.or.jibing,
gibes.or.jibes,
gibed,gibing.verbs
Etymology.perhaps
from Middle French giber to shake, handle roughly
intransitive
verb senses.to utter taunting
words; to make taunting, heckling.or.jeering
remarks; ridicule
transitive verb senses.to
deride or tease with taunting words; to handle roughly, play
gibingly.adverb
gibe.noun,.plural.gibes
giber.noun,.plural.gibers
synonym.scoff
gung ho.adjective
extremely enthusiastic
and dedicated; zealous
(strong believers in a purpose are often gung ho for proselyting)
guideline.noun,.plural.guidelines
a guideline is information on how to use something
(follow the instructions in the manual); a statement or other indication
of policy or procedure by which to determine a course of action (guidelines
for the completion of policies and procedures)
Great Britain/British
Empire/United Kingdom
The Treaty of Union (Act of Union) between England
and Scotland signed on January 14, 1707 was the birth of Great Britain;
at its height in the early 1900s, the British Empire included over 20 percent
of the world's land area and more than 400 million people. The 1707 Act
of Union created a single Parliament, provided for a single national administration
and removed barriers to trade. England and Scotland.however,
continued to have certain separate traditions.
The English Constitution was drafted by General
Lambert, contains 42 sections and is dated December 18, 1653.
gratuitous.adjective
willingly
given or granted without expecting
any return or recompense; voluntary;
free; given or received without cost or obligation
gratuitously.adverb
gratuitousness.noun,.plural.gratuitousnesses
gregarious.adjective
seeking and enjoying the company of others; sociable;
social; tending to move in or form a group with others of the same kind
(gregarious bird species)
gregariously.adverb
gregariousness.noun,.plural.
grumpy, grumpier,
grumpiest.adjectives
surly and
peevish;
cranky
grumpily.adverb
grumpiness.noun,.plural.grumpinesses
gestalt.or.Gestalt.noun,.plural.gestalts.or.gestalten
a physical, biological,
psychological.or.symbolic.configuration
or pattern of elements
so unified as a whole that
its properties cannot be derived
from a simple summation
of its parts, science now having keyed into the invisible
reality which
makes
up its plan as it goes along; in other words, the conceptual.theory
of reductionism is woefully inadequate
in the light of scientific information
general.adjective
concerned with, applicable to or affecting the
whole or every member of a class or category.(can
you make all those details into one general statement that would get the
point across simply?; the general purpose of life is learning); affecting
or characteristic of the
majority of those involved; prevalent.(general
contentment); being usually the case; true or applicable in most instances
but not all (the general correctness of her decisions); not limited in
scope, area or application (as a general rule); not limited to or dealing
with one class of things; diversified.(general
studies); involving only the main features rather than precise details
(a general grasp of the subject); highest or superior in rank (the general
manager).
general.noun,.plural.generals
a commissioned rank in the U.S. Army, Air Force
or Marine Corps that is above lieutenant general; one who holds this rank
or a similar rank in another military organization; a general officer;
a statement, principle or fact that embraces or is applicable to the whole
(the public's general opinion)
in general.idiom
generally
generalness.noun,.plural.generalnesses
synonyms.common,
generic, universal, the central meaning shared by these adjectives is 'belonging
to, relating to or affecting the whole' (the general welfare; a common
enemy; generic (nothing specific)
differences between birds and reptiles
antonym.particular
generally.adverb
you use generally to give a summary
of a situation,
activity or idea without referring to the particular.details
of it (university teachers generally have admitted a lack of enthusiasm
about their subjects); you use generally to say that something happens
or is used on most occasions but not on every occasion; widely (generally
known); usually (Thanksgiving dinner is generally attended by all the close
family); for the most part (it was a generally interesting speech); without
reference
to particular instances
or details; not specifically.(generally
speaking countries closer to the equator get little of no snow in winter);
popularly (it is generally known that evil comes out of a low consciousness)
generality.noun,.plural.generalities
the state
or quality
of being.general;
an observation
or a principle having general
application;
a generalization; an imprecise
or vague statement or idea
generalization.noun,.plural.generalizations
the act or an instance of generalizing;
a principle, a statement or an
idea having general application
generalize, generalized,
generalizing,
generalizes.verbs
transitive verb use.to
reduce to a general form, class or law; to render.indefinite
or unspecific; to infer from many
particulars;
to draw inferences or a general conclusion
from; to make generally or universally applicable;
to popularize
intransitive verb use.to
form a concept.inductively;
to form general notions or conclusions; to deal in generalities;
speak or write vaguely
generalized.adjective
not specifically adapted to a particular environment
or function; not specialized; generally prevalent
(observed a state of generalized content)
Medicine:.to
spread through the body
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