| Sr No. | Word | hindi | Meaning | Example |
| 1478 | gadfly | घुड़मक्खी | animal-biting fly; an irritating
person | Like a gadfly, he irritated all
the guests at the hotel; within forty eight hours, everyone regarded him as
an annoying busybody. |
| 1479 | gaffe | चूक | social blunder | According to Miss Manners, to
call your husband by your lover's name is worse than a mere gaffe; it is a
tactical mistake. |
| 1480 | gainsay | विरोध करना | deny | She was too honest to gainsay
the truth of the report.
|
| 1481 | gait | चाल | manner of walking or running;
speed | The lame man walked with an
uneven gait. |
| 1482 | galaxy | आकाशगंगा | the Milky Way; any collection of
brilliant personalities | The deaths of such famous actors
as Clark Gable, Gary Cooper, Spencer Tracy, and Marlene Dietrich demonstrate
that the galaxy of Hollywood superstars is rapidly disppearing. |
| 1483 | gall | पित्त | bitterness; nerve | The knowledge of his failure
filled him with gall. |
| 1484 | gall | पित्त | annoy; chafe | Their taunts galled him. |
| 1485 | galleon | गैलियन | large sailing ship | The Spaniards pinned their hopes
on the galleon, the large warship; the British, on the smaller and faster
pinnace. |
| 1486 | galvanize | प्रेरित करना | stimulate by shock; stir up | The entire nation was galvanized
into strong military activity by the news of the attack on Pearl Harbor. |
| 1487 | gambit | पहला क़दम | opening in chess in which a
piece is sacrificed | The player was afraid to accept
his opponent's gambit because he feared a trap which as yet he could not see. |
| 1488 | gambol | कलोल | skip; leap playfully | Watching children gamboling in
the park is a pleasant experience |
| 1489 | gamely | वीरता से | in a spirited manner; with
courage | Because he had fought gamely
against a much superior boxer, the crowd gave him a standing ovation when he
left the arena. |
| 1490 | gamut | सरगम | entire range | In this performance, the leading
lady was able to demonstrate the complete gamut of her acting ability. |
| 1491 | gape | जंभाई | open widely | The huge pit gaped before him;
if he stumbled, he would fall in. |
| 1492 | garbled | विकृत | mixed up; jumbled; distorted | A favorite party game involves
passing a whispered message from one person to another; by the time it
reaches the last player, the message has become totally garbled. |
| 1493 | gargantuan | विशाल | huge; enormous | The gargantuan wrestler was
terrified of mice. |
| 1494 | gargolye | gargolye | waterspout carved in groteque
figures on a building | The gargoyles adorning the
Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris are amusing in their grotesqueness. |
| 1495 | garish | भड़कीला | gaudy | She wore a garish rhinestone
necklace. |
| 1496 | garner | शस्यागार | gather; store up | She hoped to garner the world's
literature in one library. |
| 1497 | garnish | गार्निश | decorate | Parsley was used to garnish the
boiled potato. |
| 1498 | garrulity | वाचालता | talkativeness | The man who married a dumb wife
asked the doctor to make him deaf because of his wife's garrulity after her
cure. |
| 1499 | garrulous | बातूनी | excessively talkative,
especially about unimportant subjects; loquacious; wordy | Many club members avoided the
company of the garrulous junior executive because his contant chatter bored
them to tears. |
| 1500 | gastronomy | दिव्य भोजन | science of preparing and serving
good food | One of the by-products of his
trip to Europe was his interest in gastronomy; he enjoyed preparing and
serving foreign dishes to his friends. |
| 1501 | gauche | भद्दा | clumsy; boorish | Such remarks are gauche and out
of place; you should apologize for making them. |
| 1502 | gaudy | भड़कीला | flashy; showy | Her gaudy taste in clothes
apalled us. |
| 1503 | gaunt | कृश | lean and angular; barren | His once-round face looked
surprisingly gaunt after he had lost weight. |
| 1504 | gawk | मूर्ख | stare foolishly; look in
open-mouthed awe | The country boy gawked at the
skyscrapers and neon lights of the big city. |
| 1505 | gazette | राज-पत्र | official publication | He read the gazettes regularly
for announcement of his promotion. |
| 1506 | genealogy | वंशावली | record of descent; lineage | He was proud of his genealogy
and constantly referred to the achievements of his ancestors. |
| 1507 | generality | व्यापकता | vague statement | This report is filled with
generalities; you must be more specific in you statements. |
| 1508 | generic | सामान्य | characteristic of an entire
class or species | Sue knew so many computer
programmers who spent their spare time playing fantasy games that she began
to think that playing Dungeon & Dragons was a generic trait. |
| 1509 | genesis | उत्पत्ति | beginning; origin | Tracing the genesis of a family
is the theme of "Roots." |
| 1510 | geniality | नेकी | cheerfulness; kindliness;
sympathy | This restaurant is famous and
popular because of the geniality of the proprietor, who tries to make
everyone happy. |
| 1511 | genre | शैली | particular variety of art or
literature | Both a short story writer and a
poet, Langston Hughes proved himself equally skilled in either genre. |
| 1512 | genteel | ललित | well-bred; elegant | We are looking for a man with a
genteel apperance who can inspire confidence by his cultivated manner. |
| 1513 | gentility | उमरा | those of gentle birth;
refinement | Her family was proud of its
gentility and elegance. |
| 1514 | gentry | आर्य लोग | people of standing; class of
people just below nobility | The local gentry did not welcome
the visits of the summer tourists and tried to ignore their presence in the
community. |
| 1515 | genuflect | गोद में जा बैठना | bend the knee as in worship | A proud denocrat, he refused to
genuflect to any man. |
| 1516 | germane | सार्थक | pertinent; bearing upon the case
at hand | The lawyer objected that the
testimony being offered was not germane to the case at hand. |
| 1517 | germinal | कीटाणु-संबंधी | pertaining to a germ; creative | Such an idea is germinal; I am
certain that it will influence thinkers and philosophers for many
generations. |
| 1518 | germinate | उगना | cause to sprout; sprout | After the seeds germinate and
develop their permanent leaves, the plants may be removed from the cold
frames and transplanted to the garden. |
| 1519 | gerontocracy | gerontocracy | government ruled by old people | Gulliver visited a gerontocracy
in which the young people acted as servants to their elders, all the while
dreaming of the day they would be old enough to have servants of their own. |
| 1520 | gerrymander | जालसाज़ी करना | change in voting district lines
in order to favor a political party | The illogical pattern of the map
of this congressional district is proof that the state legislature
gerrymandered this area in order to favor the majority party. |
| 1521 | gestate | gestate | evolve, as in prenatal growth | While this scheme was being
gestated by the conspirators, they maintained complete silence about their
intentions. |
| 1522 | gesticulation | चेष्टा | motion; gesture | Operatic performers are trained
to make exaggerated gesticulations because of the large auditoriums in whic
they appear. |
| 1523 | ghastly | भयंकर रूप से | horrible | The murdered man was a ghastly
sight. |
| 1524 | gibberish | अस्पष्ट उच्चारण | nonsense; babbling | Did you hear that foolish boy
spouting gibberish about monsters from outer space? |
| 1525 | gibe | हंसी | mock | As you gibe at their
superstitious beliefs, do you realize that you, too, are guilty of similarly
foolish thoughts? |
| 1526 | giddy | चक्कर | light-hearted; dizzy | He felt his giddy youth was
past. |
| 1527 | gingerly | कातर | very carefully | To separate egg whites, first
crack the egg gingerly. |
| 1528 | girth | परिधि | distance around something;
circunference | It took an extra-large
cummerbund to fit around Andrew Carnegie's considerable girth. |
| 1529 | gist | सार | essence | she was asked to give the gist
of the essay in two sentence. |
| 1530 | glacial | बहुत ठंडा | like a glacier; extremely cold | Never a warm person, when
offended hugo could seem positively glacial. |
| 1531 | glaring | स्पष्ट | highly conspicuous; harshly
bright | glaring spelling or grammatical
errors in your resume will unfavorably impress potential employers. |
| 1532 | glaze | शीशे का आवरण | cover with a thin and shiny
surface | The freezing rain glazed the
streets and made driving hazardous. |
| 1533 | glean | बीनना | gather leavings | After the crops had been
harvested by the machines, the peasants were permitted to glean the wheat
left in the fields. |
| 1534 | glib | फिसलनदार | fluent | He is a glib and articulate
speaker. |
| 1535 | glimmer | चमक | shine erratically; twinkle | In the darkness of the cavern,
the glowworms hanging from the cavern roof glimmered like distant stars. |
| 1536 | gloat | घूरना | express evil satisfaction; view
malevolently | As you gloat over your
ill-gotten wealth, do you think of the many victims you have defrauded? |
| 1537 | gloss | व्याख्या | explain away | No matter how hard he tried to
talk around the issue, President Bush could not gloss over the fact that he
had raised the taxes after all. |
| 1538 | glossary | शब्दकोष | brief explanation of words used
in the text | I have found the glossary in
this book very useful; it has eliminated many trips to the dictionary. |
| 1539 | glossy | चमकदार | smooth and shining | I want this photograph printed
on glossy paper, not matte. |
| 1540 | glower | तिरछी निगाह से देखना | scowl | The angry boy glowered at his
father. |
| 1541 | glut | भरमार | overstock; fill to excess | The many manufacturers glutted
the market and could not find purchasers for the many articles they had
produced. |
| 1542 | glutinous | चिपचिपा | sticky; viscous | Molasses is a glutinous
substance. |
| 1543 | glutton | खाऊ | someone who eats too much | When Mother saw that Bobby had
eaten all the cookies, she called him a little glutton. |
| 1544 | gnarled | हठीला | twisted | The gnarled oak tree had been a
landmark for years and was mentioned in several deeds. |
| 1545 | gnome | सूक्ति | dwarf; underground spirit | In medieval mythology, gnomes
were the special guardians and inhabitants of subterranean mines. |
| 1546 | goad | अंकुश | urge on | He was goaded by his friends
until he yielded to their wishes. |
| 1547 | gorge | कण्ठ | narrow canyon; steep, rocky
cleft | Terrified of heights, George
could not bring himself to peer down into the gorge to see the rapids below. |
| 1548 | gorge | कण्ठ | stuff oneself | The gluttonous guest gorged
himself with food as though he had not eaten for days. |
| 1549 | gory | रक्तमय | bloody | The audience shuddered as they
listened to the details of the gory massacre. |
| 1550 | gossamer | पतला | sheer; like cobwebs | Nylon can be woven into gossaner
or thick fabrics. |
| 1551 | gouge | गोलची | tear out | In that fight, all the rules
were forgotten; the adversaries bit, kicked, and tried to gouge each other's
eyes out. |
| 1552 | gourmand | चटोरा | epicure; person who takes
excessive pleasure in food and drink | goumands lack self-restraint; if
they enjoy a particular cuisine, they eat far too much of it. |
| 1553 | gourmet | पेटू | connoisseur of food and drink | The gourmet stated that this was
the best onion soup she had ever tasted. |
| 1554 | graduated | स्नातक की उपाधि | arraged by degree (of height,
difficulty, etc.) | Margaret loved her graduated set
of Russian hollow wooden dolls; she spent hours happily putting the smaller
dolls into their larger counterparts. |
| 1555 | granary | धान्यागार | storehouse for grain | We have reason to be thankful,
for our crops were good and our granaries are full. |
| 1556 | grandeur | शान | impressiveness; stateliness;
majesty | No matter how often he hiked
through the mountains, David never failed to be struck by the grandeur of the
Sierra Nevada range. |
| 1557 | grandiloquent | आडंबरपूर्ण | pompous; bombastic; using
high-sounding language | The politician could bever speak
simply; she was always grandiloquent. |
| 1558 | grandiose | दिखावटी | imposing; impressive | His grandiose manner impressed
those who met him for the first time. |
| 1559 | granulate | दानेदार बनाना | form into grains | Sugar that has been granulated
dissolves more readily than lump sugar. |
| 1560 | graphic | ग्राफिक | pertaining to the art of
delineating; vividly described | I was particularly impressed by
the graphic presentation of the storm. |
| 1561 | grapple | पकड़ना | wrestle; come to grips with | He grappled with the burglar and
overpowered him. |
| 1562 | grate | भट्ठी | make a harsh noise; have an
unpleasant effect; shred | The screams of the quarreling
children grated on her nerves. |
| 1563 | gratify | घूस देना | please | Her parents were gratified by
her success. |
| 1564 | gratis | मुक्त | free | The company offered to give one
package gratis to every purchaser of one of their products. |
| 1565 | gratuitous | अहेतुक | given freely; unwarranted;
uncalled for | Quit making gratuitous comments
about my driving; no one asked you for your opinion. |
| 1566 | gratuity | ऐच्छिक दान | tip | Many service employees rely more
on gratuities than on salaries for their livelihood. |
| 1567 | gravity | गंभीरता | seriousness | We could tell we were in serious
trouble from the gravity of her expression. |
| 1568 | gregarious | झुण्ड में रहनेवाला | sociable | Typically, party-throwers are
gregarious; hermits are not. |
| 1569 | grievance | शिकायत | cause of complaint | When her supervisor ignored her
complaint, she took her grievance to the union. |
| 1570 | grill | ग्रिल | question severely | In violation of the Miranda law,
the police grilled the suspect for several hours before reading him his
rights. |
| 1571 | grimace | मुंह बनाना | a facial distortion to show
feeling such as pain, disgust, etc. | Even though he remained silent,
his grimace indicated his displeasure. |
| 1572 | grisly | भयानक | ghastly | She shuddered at the grisly
sight. |
| 1573 | grotesque | विचित्र | fantastic; comically hideous | On Halloween people enjoy
wearing groteque costumes. |
| 1574 | grotto | कुटी | small cavern | The Blue Grotto in Capri can be
entered only by small boats rowed by natives through a natural opening in the
rocks. |
| 1575 | grouse | गुनगुनानेवाला | complain; fuss | Students traditionally grouse
about the abysmal quality of "mystery meat" and similar dornitory
food. |
| 1576 | grovel | उताने पड़ जाना | crawl or creep on ground; remain
prostrate | Even though we have been
defeated, we do not have to grovel before our conquerors. |
| 1577 | grudging | grudging | unwilling; reluctant; stingy | We received only grudging
support from the mayor despite his earlier promises of aid. |
| 1578 | gruel | मांड़ | thin, liquid porridge | Our daily allotment of gruel
made the meal not only monotonous but also unpalatable. |
| 1579 | grueling | भीषण | exhausting | The marathon is a grueling race. |
| 1580 | gruesome | भीषण | grisly | People screamed when her
gruesome appearance was flashed on the screen. |
| 1581 | gruff | कर्कश | rough-mannered | Although he was blunt and gruff
with most people, he was always gentle with children. |
| 1582 | guffaw | खिलखिलाकर हंसना | boisterous laughter | The loud guffaws that came from
the closed room indicated that the members of the committe had not yet
settled down to a serious business. |
| 1583 | guile | छल | deceit; duplicity | She achieved her high position
by guile and treachery. |
| 1584 | guileless | निष्कपट | without deceit | He is naive, simple, and
guileless; he cannot be guilty of fraud. |
| 1585 | guise | भेष | appearance; costume | In the guise of a plumber, the
detective investigated the murder case. |
| 1586 | gullible | भोला | easily deceived | He preyed upon gullible people,
who believed his stories of easy wealth. |
| 1587 | gustatory | स्वाद | affecting the sense of taste | The Thai restaurant offered an
unusual gustatory experience for those used in a bland cuisine. |
| 1588 | gusto | उत्साह | enjoyment; enthusiasm | He accepted the assignment with
such gusto that I feel he would have been satisfied with a smaller salary. |
| 1589 | gusty | वातमय | windy | The gusty weather made sailing
precarious. |
| 1590 | gyroscope | gyroscope | apparatus used to maintain
balance, ascertain direction, etc. | By using a rotating gyroscope,
they were able to stabilize the vessel, counteracting the rolling movements
of the sea. |
