gawk, gawked, gawking, gawks.intransitive verbs
to stare.or.gape.stupidly
gawker.noun,.plural.gawkers

gaff.also.gaffe.noun,.plural.gaffs.also.gaffes
a clumsy.social.error; a faux pas; a breach of sensibility and good taste; a blatant.mistake.or.misjudgment; from Old French, 'hook'

glucose.noun,.plural.glucoses
a crystalline.sugar, chemical name C6H12O6; glucose occurs widely in nature and is assimilated.by.animals whose digestive.systems.convert it from carbohydrates; our human bodies basically change all that's eaten into sugars of one type or other, so these sugars can be readily transported by the bloodstream to feed and repair organs, glands, etc, whose functions are the processes of the body; glucose is the principal circulating sugar in the blood and the major energy source of the body; in.contrast, man made glucose is a colorless to yellowish syrupy mixture of sugars including dextrose, maltose and dextrins, the whole concoction containing about 20 percent water, used in confectionery, alcoholic fermentation, tanning and treating tobacco and in this sense it's called starch.syrup; the word glucose is from Greek 'gleukos' meaning 'sweet wine'

garble, garbled, garbling, garbles.transitive verbs
to mix up or distort to such an extent as to make misleading or incomprehensible (she garbled all the historical facts; the radio station came in all garbled when driving through the mountains); to confuse; jumble (to garble information); to scramble a signal or message, as by erroneous.encoding.or.faulty.transmission
garble.noun,.plural.garbles
the act or an instance of garbling
garbler.noun,.plural.garblers

gouge.noun,.plural.gouges
if you gouge something, you make a hole or a long cut in it, usually with a pointed object (he accidentally gouged her cheek with a screwdriver); a large amount, as of money, exacted or extorted (when prices make items.inaccessible, it borders on extortion by some concern on the distribution line)
gouge, gouged, gouging, gouges.transitive verbs
to cut or scoop out with or as if with a gouge (the kids at the beach gouged out a trough in the sand for water to run through); to make a deep hole or cut in the surface of something (he took a knife and gouged a pattern on the side of the boat and for the name they wanted it to have)
gouge out.phrasal verb
to form a hole, space, etc. by digging into a surface and removing material; to remove material by digging; gouge something out of (a rough road had been gouged out of the rock; many types of rock are gouged out of the mountains for various uses)
gouger.noun,.plural.gougers

graze, grazed, grazing, grazes.verbs
intransitive verb use.to feed on growing grasses and herbage; when animals graze or are grazed, they eat the grass or other plants that are growing in a particular place; you can also say that a field is grazed by animals (five cows graze serenely around a massive oak tree; the hills have been grazed by sheep because they were too steep to be ploughed; several horses grazed the meadowland; to eat a variety of appetizers as a full meal; to eat snacks throughout the day in place of full meals
transitive verb use.to feed on herbage in a field or on pastureland; to feed on the herbage of a piece of land; to put livestock out to feed
grazeable.or.grazable.adjective
grazer.noun,.plural.grazers

graze, grazed, grazing, grazes.verbs
transitive verb use.to touch lightly in passing; brush; to scrape or scratch slightly; abrade
intransitive verb use.to scrape or touch something lightly in passing (she grazed her arm on the tree branch when she was running past it)
graze.noun,.plural.grazes
the act of brushing or scraping along a surface; a minor.scratch or abrasion

glitter.noun,.plural.glitters
a sparkling or glistening light; brilliant; small pieces of light reflecting decorative.material, often of dangerous.aluminum, so avoid risking getting them into eyes or food
glitter, glittered, glittering, glitters.intransitive verbs
to sparkle brilliantly; glisten
glitteringly.adverb
glittery.adjective

Johann Gutenberg 1400?-1468?
German printer who is traditionally considered the inventor of movable type, making possible the modern printing presses before the computer. The Bible was the first thing Gutenberg printed on it.

gown.noun,.plural.gowns
a long pretty dress for a woman used on special.occasions, such as would be worn for a wedding and often called a formal; a long, loose, flowing garment, such as a robe or nightgown
gown, gowned, gowning, gowns.intransitive and transitive verb use
to dress oneself or another with a gown

gangrene.noun,.plural.gangrenes
death and decay of body tissue, often occurring in a limb, caused by insufficient.blood.supply and usually following injury or disease
gangrene, gangrened, gangrening, gangrenes transitive and.intransitive verbs
to affect or become affected with gangrene
gangrenous.adjective

Judy Garland, 1922-1969. American actress and singer best remembered for her performance as Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz (1939)

goings on.noun plural
if you describe events or activities as goings-on, you mean that they are strange, interesting, amusing and maybe even dishonest
go, went, gone, going, goes.verbs
you can use 'go' to say that a person or thing changes to another state or condition, such as, if something goes green, it changes colour and becomes green; you can use go when indicating whether or not someone wears or has something, for example, if someone goes barefoot, they do not wear any shoes; when you go, you leave the place where you are (let's go shopping); if you go to school, work or church, you attend it regularly as part of your normal life; if you say that a period of time goes quickly or slowly, you mean that it seems to pass quickly or slowly (this summer seems to have gone quickly); if you say where money goes, you are saying what it is spent on (most of my money goes on food, house payments and utilities); if something goes into something else, it is put in it as one of the parts or elements that form it (the interesting organic ingredients that go into the dishes that we all love to eat)
intransitive verb use.to move or travel; proceed (we will go by bus; kids went from door to door seeking empty bottles; how fast can the boat go?; to extend between two points or in a certain direction; run (curtains that go from the ceiling to the floor); to function properly (the car won't go anywhere far on those old tires); to pass on to another (the gold watch went to the highest bidder at the auction); to be in a certain condition (hair that had gone gray; went barefoot all summer your parents went to great expense to put you through college because of their love for you; to be in a certain location (the fork goes to the left of the plate; where do the plates go?; to be capable of entering or fitting (will the suitcase go into the trunk of your car?); to pass into someone's possession (all the jewelry went to her heirs); to be allotted (how much of your money goes for food?); to be a contributing factor (it all goes to show us that the project can be completed on time if the weather stays good); to have a particular form (as the saying goes); to cease living; die (he lived to 112 and now he's gone); to get along; fare (how are things going?); to be suitable or appropriate as an accessory or accompaniment (a color that goes beautifully with your complexion); to excrete waste from the bladder or bowels (she drank too much water, so we had to stop on that short trip three times for washroom breaks)
transitive verb use.to enjoy (I could go a cool beer right now)
go.noun,.plural.goes
the act or an instance of going; an attempt; an effort (had a go at acting; had lots of goleft in her, even after the long walk; the space mission is a go
go.adjective
functioning correctly and ready for action (the mechanic checked the car and said all systems are a go)
go about.phrasal verb
to set about to do; undertake (go about your chores in a responsible way)
go along.phrasal verb
to cooperate (he's going along with them on the trip)
go around.phrasal verb
to satisfy a demand or requirement (in the feeding of five thousand men plus women and children, there was more than just enough food to go around:.Matthew 14:16-21); to go here and there; move from place to place; to set (the sun went down)
on the go.adjective
very active or busy

gambit.noun,.plural.gambits
a remark.intended to open a conversation; a gambit is an action or set of actions, which you carry out in order to try to gain an advantage in a situation or game; an opening in chess in which a minor piece or pieces, usually a pawn, is offered in exchange for a favorable position

glacier.noun,.plural.glaciers
a huge mass of ice slowly flowing over a land mass, formed from compacted snow in an area where snow accumulation.exceeds melting
glaciered.adjective
glacial.adjective
of, relating.to.or.derived from a glacier; suggesting the extreme slowness of a glacier (work in cold weather proceeds at a glacial pace); extremely cold; icy (glacial waters)
glacially.adverb
glaciate, glaciated, glaciating, glaciates.transitive verbs
to cover with ice or with a glacier (this ground has been glaciated for hundreds of years, maybe much longer); to subject to or affect by glacial action; to freeze
glaciation.noun,.plural.glaciations