Special English word list: G

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Parts of speech: n. (noun) - a name word; (verb) - an action word; ad. (adjective/adverb) - a describing word; prep. (preposition) - a word used to show a relation; pro. (pronoun) - a word used in place of a noun; conj. (conjunction) - a joining word

G

1. gain - v. to get possession of; to get more; to increase
2. game - n. an activity with rules in which people or teams play or compete, usually sports
3. gas - n. any substance that is not solid or liquid; any substance that burns to provide heat, light or power
4. gather - v. to bring or come together into a group or place; to collect
5. general - n. a high military leader; ad. without details; affecting or including all or almost all
6. gentle - ad. soft; kind; not rough or violent
7. get - v. to receive; to gain; to go and bring back; to become; to become the owner of
8. gift - n. something given without cost
9. girl - n. a young female person
10. give - v. to present to another to keep without receiving payment
11. glass - n. a hard, clear material that is easily broken, used most often for windows or for containers to hold liquids
12. go - v. to move from one place to another; to leave
13. goal - n. that toward which an effort is directed; that which is aimed at; the end of a trip or race
14. god - n. the spirit that is honored as creator of all things (“They believe in God.”); a spirit or being believed in many religions to have special powers
15. gold - n. a highly valued yellow metal
16. good - ad. pleasing; helpful; kind; correct; not bad
17. goods - n. things owned or made to be sold
18. govern - v. to control; to rule by military or political power
19. government - n. a system of governing; the organization of people that rules a country, city or area
20. grain - n. the seed of grass plants used for food, such as wheat, rice and corn; those plants that produce the seeds
21. granddaughter - n. the daughter of a person’s daughter or son
22. grandfather - n. the father of a person’s father or mother
23. grandmother - n. the mother of a person's father or mother
24. grandson - n. the son of a person’s daughter or son
25. grass - n. a plant with long, narrow, green leaves
26. gray - ad. having the color like that made by mixing black and white
27. great - ad. very large or more than usual in size or number; very good; important
28. green - ad. having the color like that made by mixing yellow and blue; having the color like that of growing leaves and grass
29. grind - v. to reduce to small pieces by crushing
30. ground - n. land; the earth’s surface; soil
31. group - n. a number of people or things together; a gathering of people working for a common purpose
32. grow - v. to develop or become bigger; to increase in size or amount
33. guarantee - v. to promise a result; to promise that something will happen
34. guard - v. to watch and protect a person, place or thing (“He guards the president.”); n. a person or thing that watches or protects (“He is a prison guard.”)
35. guerrilla - n. a person who fights as part of an unofficial army, usually against an official army or police
36. guide - v. to lead to; to show the way; n. one who shows the way
37. guilty - ad. having done something wrong or in violation of a law; responsible for a bad action
38. gun - n. a weapon that shoots bullets