| Epistemology | a division of philosophy that examines numerous aspects of human intelligence | What exactly is knowledge?” is a question you will ask when you study epistemology. |
| Epistle | letter | Whenever John receives an epistle from his ex-wife’s lawyer, he always frowns before opening the document. |
| Epistolary | associated with written correspondence | Her epistolary collection of the secret romance contains all the letters the couple exchanged. |
| Epithet | adjective, a word or phrase that describes a person or thing | The epithet “Curly” is used to describe the big football player with the curly hair. |
| Epitome | brief summary representative example a typical model, an example that represents or expresses something very well | The cheetah is the epitome of a fast-running animal. |
| Epitomized | used as a model of something | James won the employee of the month award because he epitomized the values of the company. |
| Equable | steady; regular, even-tempered; calm | Our equable cat is always calm and never causes much of a stir. |
| Equanimity | calmness of temperament, to stay calm, especially under stress | His equanimity allowed him to keep a clear head and escape the burning building. |
| Equilibrium | state of being balanced | Last year, the government issued every taxpayer a $1200 refund in hopes of restoring equilibrium to a depressed economy. |
| Equipoise | equal distribution of weight equilibrium | The lecturer always tried to keep an equipoise between engaging and challenging assignments. |
| Equivocal | having a double or doubtful meaning; suspicious | The president’s equivocal explanation of the war sounded unclear to the public. |
| Equivocate | try to deceive by equivocal language | The prosecutor hoped he could equivocate enough to trick the suspect into confessing. |
| Eradicate | get rid of pull up by the roots | If we want to eradicate the growing problem of cheating in schools, parents and communities must get behind teachers. |
| Err | to make an error or mistake | When I err, I try to learn from my mistakes. |
| Errant | Prone to making error | The errant student was given a warning for not going directly to class. |
| Erratic | irregular in behaviour or opinion | The medicine causes the normally predictable Jacob to behave in an erratic way. |
| Erudite | Learned, scholarly, with emphasis on knowledge gained from books. | Our erudite instructor was able to answer every question asked by our class. |
| Eschew | avoid | I eschew smoking because I know it is dangerous to my health. |
| Esoteric | abstruse intended only for a small circle of | The medical research was so esoteric that only a few physicians could actually understand the results. |
| Espouse | To take in marriage, to support an idea, belief, or principle | People who espouse the Paleo diet claim that they feel better and it’s much easier to control their weight. |
| Espy | to discover; to catch sight of, jasoos | The police did not have a good description of the suspect since the only eye witness did not espy his features. |
| Ethos | principles by which an individual or group lives | Many adventurous people live by the ethos of YOLO, you only live once. |
| Etymology | the account of how a word came into being | After a bit of research, I found the etymology associated with my name and discovered my name’s meaning. |
| Eulogy | formal praise panegyric | Ginger sobbed as she listened to the praising words of her father’s eulogy during his funeral. |
| Eupeptic | good digestion, relating to or having good digestion or a consequent air of healthy good spirits. | I did not sleep much, for I was strung too high with expectation, and I envied Blenkiron his now eupeptic slumbers. |
| Euphemism | a word or expression used to talk about something unpleasant, blunt or offensive without mentioning the thing itself | When I was a kid, my mother described sexual intercourse using a euphemism so I would not be shocked by her words. |
| Euphony | a pleasing sound in regards to word tone | The euphony of the reader’s voice tempted me to fall asleep. |
| Euphoria | elation state of pleasant excitement | When she received her acceptance letter to Harvard, she was in a state of euphoria for weeks. |
| Euthanasia | easy and painless death, the practice of terminating the life of an animal or person who is suffering | The doctor refused to perform euthanasia even though he knew it would permanently remove his patient’s suffering. |
| Evacuate | to leave or withdraw from | It’s not a good idea to wait until the last minute to evacuate an area. |
| Evanescent | lasting only for a very short time | Rainbows are evanescent because they do not stay around for long periods of time. |
| Evasive | tending to evade, not straightforward or honest | During the interview, the reporter learned nothing from the politician’s evasive responses. |
| Evict | expel (someone) from a property, especially with the support of the law | a single mother and her children have been evicted from their home |
| Evince | to show clearly to indicate, to show or express clearly; to make plain | Without saying a word, a talented actor can evince a wide range of emotions just through facial expressions. |
| Evoke | call up bring out, to bring a feeling, a memory or an image into your mind | When I’ve been under a lot of stress, I usually treat myself to a bubble bath to try to evoke a greater sense of well-being. |
| Exacerbate | To make wors | If you do not take your medicine, you condition will exacerbate, and you will feel worse. |
| Exasperated | very annoyed | Hank gets exasperated when his neighbors play loud music late at night. |
| Exceptionable | objectionable or not acceptable | The child’s behavior in public is exceptionable and should be corrected by his mother right away. |
| Excerpted | take (a short extract) from a text. | a book excerpted in this week’s Time magazine |
| Excoriation | severe criticism | Elizabeth Warren excoriates Donald Trump, The candidates have publicly excoriated each other throughout the campaign. |
| Exculpate | to clear from a charge of guilt | Even though I was always able to exculpate myself from the accusations my boss made against me, I began to believe that he had a serious issue concerning my trustworthiness. |
| Execrable | extremely bad or unpleasant | execrable cheap wine |
| Exegesis | detailed explanation of a written passage | The student’s exegesis of the novel was one of the best summaries the professor had ever read |
| Exemplar | a person or thing that serves as a model or ideal | Because my mom is a successful businesswoman and a wonderful mother, she is my exemplar of the perfect woman. |
| Exhaustive | complete; thorough, leaving nothing out; thorough | My mother’s exhaustive cleaning list covers every inch of the house. |
| Exhort | to strongly urge someone to do something | While I cannot force you to drive the speed limit, I exhort you to do so or else you might end up in jail. |
| Exigency | emergency an urgent situation, something that is necessary in a particular situation | Until my attacker is found, I consider having a bodyguard to be an exigency. |
| Exigent | pressing; demanding | the exigent demands of her contemporaries’ music took a toll on her voice” |
| Exodus | a going out; a departure, a situation in which a lot of people leave a place or activity at the same time | One would think that the repeated occurrence of tornadoes in an area would prompt an exodus of the residents to a location with a more stable climate. |
| Exonerate | to prove that someone is not guilty of a crime or responsible for a problem, bad situation, etc. | The job of the defense attorney is to exonerate his clients and keep them out of jail. |
| Exoneration | set someone clear (e.g.. from blame) | The job of the defense attorney is to exonerate his clients and keep them out of jail. |
| Exorbitant | much too high or great | Because of my budget, I am unable to make exorbitant purchases |
| Exorcism | the act of driving out a demon from a person or place | insisting that an exorcism needed to take place, the priest prepared to bring the evil spirit out of the young girl. |
| Expatiate | to roam wander freely, to write or talk about something using many details | During his book signing, Clark will expatiate on his military adventures. |
| Expatriate | an individual who does not reside in his native nation or birthplace | My uncle is an expatriate who left the country of his birth to live in France. |
| Expedient | likely to be useful for a purpose | Given the fact the police will be looking for us soon, it is expedient we leave this apartment quickly! |
| Expedite | to cause something to happen faster | If you would like to expedite the shipping of your order, please pay the express shipping fee. |
| Expend | to use up | Writing sentences all day causes me to expend a majority of my mental stamina. |
| Expiate | to make up for something | Jack had no idea how he was going to expiate the fact he forgot his wedding anniversary. |
| Expiation | ending; expiring, the act of making amends or reparation for guilt or wrongdoing; atonement. | an act of public expiation |
| Explicit | specific about rules or what is required | The difficult woman left the maid explicit details about how she wanted her house cleaned |
| Exploit | brilliant achievement develop use selfishly | Fuel suppliers will exploit the national oil shortage by raising prices to increase their bottom lines. |
| Exposition | the action of putting something out to public view; for example, in a display or show | As an author, Maria booked an exposition booth at the Publisher Trade Show to get the word out about her books. |
| Expostulate | argue earnestly to dissuade correct or protest, to express strong disagreement | More than likely, the cat will expostulate his opinion of his new food by leaving it in his dish. |
| Expurgate | to edit out rude, incorrect, offensive, useless, or otherwise undesirable information; to purge, to remove obscenity purify censor | The rapper was told that if he did not expurgate the offensive lyrics from his new song, it would never be played on the radio. |
| Exscind | to cut out cut away, Too cut out | Before eating this apple, I will exscind the brown spot on the side. |
| Extant | still in existence, still around; not extinct | The extant writings of the ancient philosopher are still quite popular with philosophy students. |
| Extempore | without previous thought or preparation, impromptu; done without preparation | Dr. King’s extempore speech to the crowd was not memorized, but from the heart. |
| Extemporize | to improvise, especially while giving a speech or performing music | Giving an impromptu performance, the quick-witted comedian loved to extemporize. |
| Extenuate | reduce the strength of lessen seriousness partially excuse, make thin | Under extenuating conditions, even the strictest professor will allow a student to turn in late work. |
| Extinct | no longer active | Scientists believe that climate change is a reason animals become extinct. |
| Extinguish | end the existence of/wipe or put out | No matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t extinguish his feelings for her. |
| Extirpate | to destroy exterminate cut out exscind, to totally eliminate | Hopefully the pesticides will extirpate the insects from my garden. |
| Extirpation | to remove or destroy totally; do away with;to pull up by or as if by the roots; root up: to extirpate an unwanted hair | Extirpation of hair |
| Extol | to praise highly | Unfortunately, young people have began to extol celebrities instead of the real heroes like teachers and police officers. |
| Extort | obtain by threats violence | When Larry was fired, he attempted to extort cash from his former boss by threatening to expose the man’s drug addiction. |
| Extradite | o send an individual accused of a crime back to the area in which the crime took place | The state will soon extradite Cal to the island nation where he is wanted for assaulting a young girl. |
| Extralegal | outside the law | there were extralegal means through which to render the NAACP impoten |
| Extraneous | not essential or coming from the outside | Because of so many extraneous details in the instructions, Dad wasn’t able to put the toy together in time for Christmas morning. |
| Extrapolate | To infer by extending known information | the results cannot be extrapolated to other patient groups |
| Extravagant | excessive; exceeding normal bounds | Rick spent nearly a year’s salary on the extravagant engagement ring. |
| Extrinsic | not belonging to, outside of | Our professor said that he would not allow questions or comments that are extrinsic to the subject matter under discussion. |
| Extrovert | cheerful person | Because Pat is an extrovert who enjoys chatting with others, she is the ideal talk show host. |
| Exuberance | the quality of being exuberant; cheerful or vigorous enthusiasm; liveliness | When the exuberance of the fans threatened to get out of control, police had to be called in to usher them off the field. |
| Fabricated | invent (something) in order to deceive, forge | officers fabricated evidence |
| Façade | the principal front of a building, that faces on to a street or open space, front | the house has a half-timbered façade |
| Facetious | humorous; funny; jocular | The teacher described her most troublesome student as a facetious young man. |
| Facile | easily done, Easily Performed | While the adults found the video game complicated, the teenagers thought it was facile and easily played. |
| Factions | a group within a larger group that has different ideas and opinions than the rest of the group | The candidate who wins the election will be the one who can get the most voters to join his faction. |
| Faddish | A phenomenon that becomes popular for a very short time. | Faddish mean being or in accordance with current social fashions |
| Fagged | too tired | we were all absolutely fagged out |
| Fallacious | based on error, based on a mistaken belief | fallacious arguments |
| Fallacy | an idea or belief that is false but many people think is true | Having money makes you happy is a fallacy because happiness has nothing to do with wealth. |
| Fallible | capable of making mistakes or being wrong | Even though we are all fallible to some degree, the most successful people have learned how to rise above their weaknesses. |
| Fallow | not being used | At the end of summer, the once crowded beaches become fallow as the young people return to school. |
| Falter | waver/move in an uncertain manner | When the bank teller noticed that the masked man began to falter slightly, she discreetly pressed the silent alarm. |
| Fanatical | having an extreme, irrational zeal or enthusiasm for a specific cause | We were afraid of being attacked by a fanatical jihadist. |
| Fastidious | concerned about accuracy and detail; hard to please | My mother was a fastidious woman who always had a complaint on her lips. |
| Fatuous | without sense foolish; self-satisfaction, lacking intelligence; stupid | Buying a car without negotiating down the price is a fatuous move. |
| Fawn | To seek favor or attention by flattery and obsequious, to seek favor or approval by giving extra attention or praise | The politician will ignore members of the working class to fawn over the millionaires who can fund her campaign. |
| Feasible | to do without too much difficulty; possible | To make school more feasible, I hired you a tutor. |
| Feckless | lacking purpose or vita, someone who is irresponsible or ineffectivelity ineffective careless | Larry was such a feckless manager that the company was forced to declare bankruptcy. |
| Fecund | fertile, intellectually productive or inventive | The computer programmer was a fecund person who could quickly identify and solve problems. |
| Feint | pretend, A movement made to confuse the opponent | The basketball player exhibited a clever feint when he pretended to pass the ball and then leaped up for the game-winning shot. |
| Felicitate | to congratulate | Contestants from other states rushed to felicitate the winner of the pageant. |
| Felicitous | suitably expressed; well chosen; apropos, pleasant or delightful | The felicitous music made me happy. |
| Felon | person guilty of murder | Missamore had been convicted of burglary in 1988, a felony. |
| Feral | Existing in a wild or untamed state | The feral dog would not approach humans. |
| Ferment | substance become excited, to produce excitement or unrest | Before the concert started, a popular comedian came out to ferment enthusiasm among the crowd. |
| Ferocity | savage cruelty, the condition of being ferocious | The fighters were throwing punches with such ferocity that the referee had to stop the fight in the third round. |
| Ferret | discover by searching search, an assiduous search for something, a animal | he had a quick ferret around |
| Ferrous | containing or consisting of iron | ferrous car engine is costly these days |
| Fervent | exhibiting or marked by great intensity of feeling | The hot topic spurred a fervent debate between the two political parties. |
| Fervid | showing earnest feeling, marked by great passion or zeal | The candidate made a fervid speech that held the audience’s attention. |
| Fervor | warmth of feelings earnestness, intense and passionate feeling | When the airlines increased their fares, passengers responded with fervor about their plans to find alternate travelling means. |
| Festoon | a decorative chain or strip hanging between two points | In wedding festoon is used to decorate door. |
| Fetid | stinking, having an extremely unpleasant odor | As soon as the detectives opened the door and smelled the fetid odor, they knew there was a dead body in the house. |
| Fetter | to shackle put in chains, manacle | Even though I am married, I do not see the commitment as a fetter that interferes with my identity. |
| Feud | bitter quarrel over a long period of time | Some people claim that there is a family feud between the Bush and Clinton families, but I think that they get along just fine. |
| Fickle | changing one’s mind frequently | The fickle little boy could not decide if he wanted the yellow sucker, the green sucker, or the red sucker. |
| Fidelity | loyalty accuracy | After his arrest for fraud, the fidelity of all the reports he had turned in came into question. |
| Fidget | move restlessly make nervous, make small movements, especially of the hands and feet, through nervousness or impatience. | the audience began to fidget and whisper |
| Figurehead | carved image on the prow of a ship | Sheikh rasheed is just figurehead of pti |
| Filibuster | a delaying tactic; a long speech given in order to delay progress or the making of a decision | The senator will filibuster to prevent a vote on the bill. |
| Finagle | to practice deception or fraud; scheme. Acquire something by dishonet way | It is sad that telemarketers will purposefully call elderly citizens to try to finagle them out of their money. |
| Finesse | delicate way of dealing with a situation | The chess champion played the game with a finesse that allowed him to easily beat all the other players |
| Finical, finicky, fussy | too fussy about food clothing etc.too particular; fussy | My fussy sister always complains and is never satisfied with the way the beautician does her hair. |
| Finicky | finical, had se zada Nafasat pasand | Umar is a finicky eater |
| Fission | splitting or division (esp. of cells) | Nuclear fission is made by separating one atom or combining two different atoms. |
| Fitful | unsteady; erratic | Jim was tired when he woke up after a fitful night of sleep. |
| Fixate | stare at | The stalker was completely fixated on the actress. |
| Flagrant | noticeably bad | After the basketball player committed a flagrant foul, he was kicked out of the game. |
| Flail | to move uncontrollably in the air | During the tornado, the flag seemed to flail in the air as if it was asking for help. |
| Flak | criticism; anti-aircraft guns | The unhappy customer gave George flak for the long wait time. |
| Flamboyant | brightly colored; florid, displaying flashy or loud behavior | The flamboyant singer loves to wear shimmering suits while performing. |
| Flatter | lavish praise and compliments on (someone), often insincerely and with the aim of furthering one’s own interests | she was flattering him in order to avoid doing what he wanted |
| Flaunt | to show off (brag) | Eric loves to flaunt his flashy clothes because he thinks that he is super cool. |
| Flaunting | show off complacently, brag | Eric loves to flaunt his flashy clothes because he thinks that he is super cool. |
| Flax | pale yellow (hair) a plant | the farmer was cutting flax |
| Fledge | (of a young bird) develop wing feathers that are large enough for flight. | “the young fledge around four weeks after hatching” |
| Fledged | able to fly trained experienced, (of a young bird) having wing feathers that are large enough for flight; able to fly. | a recently fledged bird |
| Fledgling | an inexperienced person. | The fledgling writer could use the benefit of a good editor. |
| Fleet | number of ships; quick-moving, a group of vehicles that are under the same command or with the same purpose and headed to the same place | The police fleet raced down the highway after a stolen vehicle. |
| Flimsy | likely to bend or break under pressure; weak, shaky, flexible, or fragile | I look so flimsy dancing in heels, that my friends worry that I might topple over. |
| Flinch | draw; move back; wince | While shooting a gun, I would always flinch at the loud sound causing the gun to bounce upward. |
| Flippant | lacking proper respect or seriousness | The student’s flippant actions towards the teacher got him suspended from school. |
| Floe | a sheet of floating ice | Expect to find ice floes and snow here even in late summer. |
| Flop | fail/move/fall clumsily | The only thing my lazy dog would ever do is eat a big bowl of dogfood and then flop down on the couch as if he owned it. |
| Florid | very much ornamented naturally red (e.g.. of face) | Jane’s normally ashen face was florid because of her sunburn. |
| Flounder | to act clumsily or confused | My father was afraid that I would flounder as I learned to ride a bike, so he never let go of the seat. |
| Flout | reject mock to go against (as in going against tradition), to intentionally disobey (a law, rule, convention) | People find themselves in trouble because they think they’re clever enough to flout the law without getting caught. |
| Fluffy | to be furry or soft | After an exhausting day, my head sunk down into the fluffy pillow as I quickly went to sleep. |
| Fluke | lucky; stroke, a coincidence or accident that something happened | Since I didn’t study or attend class on a regular basis, it was simply a fluke that I passed the exam. |
| Fluster | make nervous or confused | Rosamund seemed rather flustered this morning |
| Flustered | distressed and/or confused | The inexperienced actor became flustered when he forgot his lines during his audition. |
| Fly-by-night | unreliable or untrustworthy, especially in business or financial matters | Someone that tries to charge more for their goods than they are worth is a fly-by-night businessman. |
| Foible | defect of character (a person is wrongly proud), a minor flaw or shortcoming in character or behavior | Smoking is the foible that prevents Jenna from being healthy. |
| Foil | prevent from carrying out, to stop something bad from occurring | Fortunately, the police were able to foil the kidnapper’s plan. |
| Foment | put something warm (to lessen the pain), to stir up or incite | The publicity-hungry politician often made harsh statements about immigrants in order to foment unrest among the public. |
| Foolhardy | making hasty decisions without regard to danger or possible consequences | It is foolhardy to not go to the doctor when one is having chest pains. |
| Foolproof | incapable of failure or error | a foolproof security system |
| Foppish | like a man who pays too much attention to his clothes | he is foppish and vain |
| Forage | food for horses and cattle, To search for and gather food for animals | At night, the rats forage for food in the kitchen. |
| Foray | to venture, an initial attempt at something | Although we felt a little anxious about our foray into the jungle, we were still looking forward to our first big game hunt. |
| Forbear | refrain from; be patient; ancestor, to not engage in something; to refrain | Since Catie did not have a date for the prom, she chose to forbear attending the event. |
| Forbearance | patience; willingness to wait | The police officer showed forbearance when he let the young thief off with a warning. |
| Forbearing | patient and restrained | he proved to be remarkably forbearing whenever I was impatient or angry |
| Ford | shallow place in a river (to cross) | He go through the ford |
| Foreclosure | a legal process in which a lender takes the property belonging to a borrower, who has stopped making payments to the lender | Before filing for foreclosure, the lender gave the debtor one last chance to settle the debt. |
| Forensic | associated with the application of scientific processes and technologies used in crime solving | During the trial, a forensic expert gave testimony that helped the state’s case. |
| Foreshadowed | to indicate or signal beforehand that something is going to happen | Telling lies up front in a relationship can foreshadow serious problems down the road. |
| Forestall | prevent by taking action in advance; preempt, to stop something from happening | To forestall the blackmailers from their threats, the celebrity sold her indecent pictures to an online website. |
| Forfeit | suffer the loss of something | A lack of players caused the team to forfeit the game. |
| Forge | workshop for the shaping of metal to shape metal lead, create something new | Being stuck in an elevator for 11 hours with strangers is a great way to forge new friendships. In an effort to forge the dough into a perfect circle, Diane tried throwing it up in the air. |
| Forgery | counterfeit | Many young kids try to employ forgery to sign their parent’s signature on something they don’t want them to see. |
| Formidable | something that inspires fear | My financial situation at the moment seems formidable, but winning the lottery would make everything better. |
| Forswear | renounce; disallow; repudiate, to swear off a certain behavior or a certain belief | As part of his New Year’s resolution, my father decided to forswear alcohol. |
| Forthright | direct and honest | Janice was happy to find a forthright man who always told her the truth. |
| Fortitude | strength of mind that enables a person to face challenges with courage | The small boy’s fortitude allowed him to stand up to the school bully. |
| Fortuitous | happening by accident or chance | Mark proved to be fortuitous by selecting all six winning lotto numbers. |
| Foster | nurture; care for, to encourage or promote something | The man hoped to foster a strong work ethic in his son. |
| Fracas | noisy; quarrel | The husband and wife were fined by the judge for starting a fracas in court. |
| Fractious | hard to manage or control | The fractious child would not listen to a word his mother said. |
| Fragile | easily injured broken or destroyed | The toys were so fragile my dog destroyed them within minutes. |
| Fragrant | sweet-smelling | I find the pleasant smell of candles to be fragrant, though there are some candles that have repulsive or distasteful smells too. |
| Frantic | in a state of panic, worry, frenzy or rush; pain; anxiety | When Billy did not come home after school, his mother became frantic with worry. |
| Fraudulent | dishonest; based on fraud or deception | Rick admitted that he had filed fraudulent tax returns because he was trying to save money. |
| Frenetic | frantic; frenzied, having extreme enthusiasm or energy | My husband doesn’t go to a movie unless it is full of the frenetic action of car chases, mob scenes, fights, and intense special effects. |
| Frenzy | wildly excited or out-of-control behavior | Distraught by the death of his wife, the man attacked in frenzy. |
| Fret | worry; irritation; wear away | After she lost the part in the school play, she would sit and fret about her situation. |
| Frieze | broad horizontal band of sculpted or painted decoration | the horsemen of the Parthenon frieze |
| Fringe | edge ornamental border part of hair over the forehead, a decorative edge made of loose threads, tassels, or twists (as seen on curtains, jeans, piece of clothing, etc | The fringe of her jeans got caught in the escalator. |
| Frivolous | of no real worth | Students who consider test instructions to be frivolous often fail exams. |
| Froward | intractable not willing to yield or comply stubborn, used to describe a person who are disobedient and difficult to deal with | The froward child refused to listen to her parents and was disobedient most of the time. |
| Frown | A facial expression in which the eyebrows are brought together, and the forehead is wrinkled, usually indicating displeasure, sadness or worry, or less often confusion or concentration. | he frowned as he reread the letter |
| Frugal | careful; economical | Stop being so frugal and just buy me a real gold necklace! |
| Fulminate | to complain angrily or loudly | The diner’s frustration caused him to fulminate because his steak was undercooked. |
| Fulmination | bitter protest, an expression of vehement protest | the fulminations of media moralists |
| Fulsome | disgusting offensive due to excessiveness, extreme flattering to the point of excess | The stranger’s fulsome attention put me on edge. |
| Furrow | a thin wrinkle or line on an individual’s face | The furrow on Brad’s forehead becomes more obvious when he’s stressed. |
| Furtive | taken,done, marked by quiet, caution, and secrecy | Crissy walked outside in a furtive manner so that her parents would not see her. |
| Fusillade | a huge quantity of firings that occur rapidly | During the police interrogation, I felt as though the detectives attacked me with a fusillade of questions. |
| Fustian | bombastic, heavy cloth woven from cotton | Settlers used fustian to weave their clothes since it was a tough fabric that held up well. |
| Futile | incapable of producing any results | It appears that filling out job applications in this troubled economy is a futile exercise. |
| Gaffe | an obvious error or mistake | Because of the quarterback’s gaffe, our team lost the big game. |
| Gainsay | to deny; to oppose | Since Jack told the truth on the witness stand, no one was able to gainsay his statement. |
| Gait | a manner of walking, stepping, or running | With a slow and collected gait, he approached his opponent. |
| Gall | daring conduct | After Paul made the mistake, he had the gall to blame me for his error. |
| Gallant | brave,behaves well with women | Unfortunately the fireman’s gallant effort to save the woman came too late. |
| Galleon | a sailing ship in use , warship | a Spanish treasure galleon wrecked off the Florida Keys |
| Gambit | something done or said in order to gain a benefit or advantage | Do you think the singer’s song-leaking gambit will pay off with huge album sales? |
| Gambol | jump or run in a playful manner | To stay in shape, my husband likes to gambol along the beach every morning. |
| Garble | make unfair selection from facts, to alter the sound or meaning of something | The drunk man will often garble his words to the point that they are not understandable. |
| Garish | something that is elaborate, showy, striking and in bad taste | When my sister won the lottery, she purchased a garish sports car which could not be missed on the highway. |
| Garner | to gather and save to store up, to collect or accumulate | The teacher allowed us to put up posters to garner interest in our club fundraiser. |
| Garrulous | too talkative | My garrulous sister talked only about boys on the phone all day. |
| Gauche | hence; awkward, lacking class or manners; awkward; tactless | Because everyone assumed that he is just a typical gauche adolescent, no one believed he could have produced such a sophisticated work of art. |
| Gaucherie | socially awkward; tactless behavior | It’s like a Mozart or Edison, whose occasional gaucherie we excuse because of his great gifts |
| Gaunt | extremely skinny, typically because of illness or starvation | After being held in a dark basement for three months, the prisoner was gaunt and weak. |
| Gavel | a small hammer with which an auctioneer, a judge, or the chair of a meeting hits a surface to call for attention or order. | he gavelled the convention to order |
| Germane | relevant; pertinent to | I do not have to answer your questions because they are not germane to the case! |
| Germinal | providing material for future development, stage of development | de Beauvoir’s germinal book The Second Sex |
| Gerontocracy | government ruled by old people | He criticised political and economic corruption and the gerontocracy itself. |
| Gibbering | speak rapidly and unintelligibly, typically through fear or shock | they shrieked and gibbered as flames surrounded them |
| Gird | encircle (a person or part of the body) with a belt or band. | a young man was to be girded with the belt of knighthood |
| Gist | the point general sense | Because Ken told his story in a confusing way, I could not get the gist of it. |
| Glacial | relating to or denoting the presence or agency of ice, especially in the form of glaciers. | thick glacial deposits |
| Glean | gather facts in small quantities | From several library resources, Sara was able to glean enough information to write her research paper. |
| Glee | joy | Smiling with glee, the child unwrapped his birthday gift. |
| Glib | ready and smooth but not sincere, speaking easily but without thinking carefully; speaking in a smooth, easy way that is insincere | By trying to show off and asking those glib questions, you’re just making yourself look more ignorant. |
| Glimmer | weak/unsteady light | Even after several back to back losses, the boxer still had a glimmer of hope. |
| Gloat | over look at with selfish delight, to take satisfaction in something that makes another person seem inferior | Because Sarah’s parents taught her good manners, she does not gloat over the misfortunes of others. |
| Glut | supply to much fill to excess | The glut of homes for sale makes it a buyer’s market. |
| Gnaw | waste away; bite steadily | When I get nervous, I sometimes gnaw on my fingernails. |
| Goad | something urging a person to action, provoke or annoy (someone) so as to stimulate some action or reaction | During lunch in the cafeteria today, my rival tried to goad me into a fight so I would get suspended from school. |
| Gorge | eat greedily/narrow opening with a stream, to consume in huge amounts | Now that my diet is over, I am so tempted to gorge at the nearest pizza buffet. |
| Gossamer | soft light; delicate material | The bride tantalized her new husband by wearing a clear gossamer gown on their wedding night. |
| Gouge | tool for cutting grooves in wood | using gourge he wrote my name on tree. |
| Gourmand | a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess | A noted gourmand, he attributed his longevity to eating strawberries. |
| Grandiloquent | using pompous words, prone to using sophisticated language in order to impress people | The city girl’s grandiloquent talk was confusing to the people in the country town. |
| Grate | reduce (food) to small shreds by rubbing it on a grater. | Please grate the lettuce for the tacos. |
| Gratuitous | uncalled for; unwarranted; unnecessary | He’s always looking for gratuitous attention from his classmates by pulling all sorts of reckless stunts. |
| Grave | serious requiring; consideration | Because of her grave illness, the woman spent many weeks in the hospital. |
| Gravel | a loose aggregation of small water-worn or pounded stones | his boots crunched on the gravel |
| Graze | touch or scrape lightly in passing, to scratch the surface of something | Thankful that the bullet was only able to graze his chest, the police officer took off after the suspect. |
| Grazing | eating small portions of food throughout the day instead of large meals | Grazing over peanuts all day kept me from being hungry and overeat. |
| Gregarious | living in societies liking the company | Gregarious people are likely to hang out with friends every weekend while reserved people keep to themselves. |
| Gregariousness | outgoing, sociable, and fond of the company of others | If you know someone who’s outgoing, sociable, and fond of the company of others, you might want to call her gregarious |
| Grievous | causing grief or pain; serious dire grave | Hearing that you have cancer is always grievous news. |
| Grill | a device on a cooker that radiates heat downwards for cooking food. | place under a hot gril |