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grace.noun
ease and suppleness
of movement or bearing; a trait
that fascinates,
allures, or delights;
a physical attraction; compelling
attractiveness;
charm;
in alignment with the higher consciousness things of the spirit and the
good life that brings; the kindness of God upon a person; gracious conversation;
a disposition to be generous
or helpful; goodwill; mercy; clemency;
a favor rendered by one who need not do so
grace, graced,
gracing,
graces.transitive
verbs
to lightly touch (the flying pebble graced his
forhead; new thought finally graced his mind); to honor or favor (you grace
our table with your presence); to give beauty, elegance,
or charm to
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
graceful.adjective
showing grace of movement,
form, or proportion
gracefully.adverb
gracefulness.noun
greed.noun
excessive or reprehensible.acquisitiveness;
avarice;
excessive or insatiable desire
for wealth or gain; greediness, cupidity
generous.adjective
liberal in giving or sharing; magnanimous;
marked by abundance; ample (a generous slice of cake)
generously.adverb
generousness.noun
generosity.noun,.plural.generosities
liberality in giving or willingness to give; magnanimity;
abundance; a generous act
gaudy.adjective
inflected
form(s).gaudier;
gaudiest
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)
gaudiness.noun
gaudily.adverb
synonyms.tawdry,
garish, flashy, meretricious – all mean vulgarly
or cheaply showy
tawdry applies to
what is at once gaudy and cheap and sleazy (tawdry saloons)
garish describes
what is distressingly or offensively bright (garish neon signs)
flashy implies an
effect of brilliance quickly and easily seen to be shallow or vulgar
(a flashy nightclub act)
meretricious stresses
falsity and may describe a tawdry show that beckons
with a false allure or promise (a
meretricious wasteland of casinos and bars)
genuine.adjective
free from hypocrisy
or pretense; sincere;
actually having the reputed or apparent.qualities
or character.(genuine
vintage wines); actually produced by or proceeding from the alleged source
or author (the signature is genuine); 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)
genuineness.noun
genuineness.noun
genuinely.adverb
synonym.authentic
genius loci.(pronounced
'low sigh')
the general atmosphere of a place
gullet.noun
throat, esophagus
guile, guilefulness.noun
subtlety,
deceit,
duplicity;
craft; slyness and
cunning in
dealing with others
guileful.adjective
guilefully.adverb
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
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
unintelligible
or meaningless language; pretentious
or needlessly obscure language
glimpse.transitive
verb
a brief shining; a quick view; perceive
momentarily
gibe.verb
inflected form(s).gibed;
gibing
Etymology.perhaps
from Middle French giber to shake, handle roughly
intransitive
verb senses.to utter taunting words
transitive verb senses.to
deride or tease with taunting words
gibe,
giber.nouns
synonym.scoff
gung ho.adjective
extremely enthusiastic and dedicated
guideline.noun
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
given or granted without return or recompense;
unearned; given or received without cost or obligation; free; unnecessary
or unwarranted; unjustified (gratuitous criticism)
gratuitously.adverb
gratuitousness.noun
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
grumpy, grumpier,
grumpiest.adjectives
surly and
peevish; cranky
grumpily.adverb
grumpiness.noun
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 part, which is the modern
but changing scientific theory that by looking at individual parts we can
understand something's whole, changing because science has now keyed into
the invisible reality which makes up its plan as it goes along
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?); 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
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)
idiom.in
general (generally)
generalness.noun
synonyms.general,
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
popularly; widely (generally known); usually (Thanksgiving
dinner is usually attended by all the close family); for the most part
(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)
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; the greater
portion or number; the majority
generalization.noun
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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