Lesson 12
Sophomore Vocabulary
- gird verb to encircle with a belt or band; to
dress; to equip
Before mounting his horse, the knight girded himself in armor.
syn: enclose, surround
- gist noun main point
I never did get the gist of his story.
syn: essence - glean verb to collect bit by bit; to gather (grain)
The investigator gleaned pertinent information from the witnesses to the crash.
syn: collect gradually, harvest - glutinous adj. gluey, sticky
The glutinous mass I was kneading on the counter in no way resembled the bread dough pictured in the cookbook. - gorge verb to eat or swallow greedily; a deep valley
with steep sides
The starving youngster began to gorge himself with a plateful of sandwiches. - Gothic adj. medieval; type of fiction that
uses remote, gloomy settings
The Warlock is a Gothic novel with a little romance thrown in to lighten the mood. - granary noun a storehouse for grain
When the granary burned down, we lost a year's supply of corn. - gratify verb to please
To gratify the pouting child, his mother handed him a lollipop.
syn: satisfy, indulge ant: displease, dissatisfy - guile noun slyness and cunning in dealing with others
Not without guile herself, she was quick to recognize it in others.
syn: cunning, craftiness ant: ingenuousness - gull verb to cheat
It is not easy to gull an honest person.
syn: trick - gyrate verb to rotate, spin
The kite began to gyrate crazily as the winds picked up speed.
syn: revolve, whirl
- harp verb to persist in talking continuously (on or
about something)
My parents harp on the importance of completing homework.
- haughty adj. arrogant, proud
He gave them a haughty look as he waved the visitors through the gates.
syn: arrogant ant: humble, shy
- havoc noun great destruction
The commandos landed behind enemy lines in order to create confusion and havoc. - hilarity noun gaiety, joy
Because of the hilarity at my slumber party, everyone was awake all night.
syn: mirth ant: sadness, misery
