Words I Don't Know: 'G'
I was feeling so smug what with knowing all the 'F' words from my pocket-sized dictionary and then I hit the 'G' section...
gaff: an iron hook used to land large fish
gamete: a reproductive cell (sigh, should've known it)
gasohol: a blend of ethanol and unleaded gas
gazateer: a geographic dictionary
gelid: icy cold; frozen
genera: plural of genus
gibbon: an ape with slender body and long arms
gibbous: humped, protuberant
glazier: one who cuts and fits window glass
glissade: a controled slide on ice or in ballet
gloze: to minimize; downplay
grackle: black bird with iridescent plumage (yes, graculus, that means you)
grandee: Spanish or Portuguese nobleman of the highest rank
gustatory: of the sense of taste
gaff: an iron hook used to land large fish
gamete: a reproductive cell (sigh, should've known it)
gasohol: a blend of ethanol and unleaded gas
gazateer: a geographic dictionary
gelid: icy cold; frozen
genera: plural of genus
gibbon: an ape with slender body and long arms
gibbous: humped, protuberant
glazier: one who cuts and fits window glass
glissade: a controled slide on ice or in ballet
gloze: to minimize; downplay
grackle: black bird with iridescent plumage (yes, graculus, that means you)
grandee: Spanish or Portuguese nobleman of the highest rank
gustatory: of the sense of taste
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posted by k_sra at 12/14/2005 11:50:00 AM
5 Comments:
just for curiosity sake... was 'gee-whiz' in there?
I glissaded 47 pound lumps of concrete on gelid water last weekend, looking a bit like a gibbous gibbon gaffer.
"Gee-whiz" hasn't made it yet, honestus, but keep hope; there's always next year.
I hereby declare gloze to mean frozen glaze. As in: I left the donuts in the car and they're completely glozen!
To gloze over? huh, I always thought it was gloss over. I knew all the other ones.
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