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gawk

Definition
(noun) an awkward stupid person Definition
(verb) look with amazement; look stupidly
Synonyms : gape gawp goggle
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I gawked at the hawk since I have never seen one before.

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G+AWK...MEANS GAPE AWKWARDLY...OPEN MOUTH(GAPE)

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its simple (GA)ze (W)ith shoc(K).... it gives GAWK....

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Hindi :- when u go in GAAV [Village] den gaav ka log stare foolishly at you.Who is This Shehri-babu

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The girl felt awkward when the shopkeeper gawked at her.

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gawk can be taken as go (ga) + work (wk); Imagine your boss saying : "go and do your work, instead of gawking at office girls."

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gawk -in nepali stupid person is said gawk.Or we can look the last section of word awk which means awkard or stupid

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"Gaze" with "Awe"/or "Gaze" "Awkwardly"->open-mouthed awe

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genteel

Definition
(adj) marked by refinement in taste and manners
Example Sentence
  • cultivated speech
  • cultured Bostonians
  • cultured tastes
  • a genteel old lady
  • polite society
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this word is very close to GENTLE..AND A GENTLEMAN IS ONE who is WELL BRED, elegant and GIVES A REFINED APPEARANCE .

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Genteel like the washing liquid that makes the woolen clothes look elegant...

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GENTLE +EEL fish - GENTLE way of eating EEL

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genuflect

Definition
(verb) bend the knees and bow in church or before a religious superior or image Definition
(verb) bend the knees and bow in a servile manner
Synonyms : kowtow scrape
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If you had a conflict with your jaanu.. i.e 'Jaanu + conflict' > ganuflect.. at the end of the day you will be down on your knees : That's a general perception!

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from Latin genu (knee) + flectere (to bend)

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FLECT = BENT (in latin). GEN-U-FLECT= in front of general you bend, showing your willingness to serve.

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germane

Definition
(adj) relevant and appropriate
Example Sentence
  • he asks questions that are germane and central to the issue
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germane...very close to word ..germany..so if you want TO learn GERMAN LANGUAGE....I GUESS A GERMAN teacher would be APPROPRIATE.

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Ger(main) : he asked the "main" (appropriate) question

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GIRL+MEIN....kisi girl mein interest hona relevant hain

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ger(ghar)mane(man)-ghar ka aadmi always "relevant" to house matters...

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ger(ghar)mane(man)-ghar ka aadmi always "relevant" to house matters...

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Think Jermaine Jackson who was relevant to the Jackson Five

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ghar mein you have to act appropriate and proper. dont let them know the darinda u r from inside haha

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GER-MANE = "注問":關注於正被討論的問題

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The germs on his mane were constantly on his mind; the germs on his mind were germane to his health.

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ghastly

Definition
(adj) shockingly repellent; inspiring horror
Example Sentence
  • ghastly wounds
  • the grim aftermath of the bombing
  • the grim task of burying the victims
  • a grisly murder
  • gruesome evidence of human sacrifice
  • macabre tales of war and plague in the Middle ages
  • macabre tortures conceived by madmen
Definition
(adj) gruesomely indicative of death or the dead
Synonyms : charnel sepulchral
Example Sentence
  • a charnel smell came from the chest filled with dead men's bones
  • ghastly shrieks
  • the sepulchral darkness of the catacombs
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for ghastly

GHOSTLY

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ghastly sounds like ghost + ly; something like a ghost ........ very horrible ... and terrifying.

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So shocking and horrifying that you GASP!

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giddy

Definition
(adj) having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling
Synonyms : dizzy vertiginous woozy
Example Sentence
  • had a dizzy spell
  • a dizzy pinnacle
  • had a headache and felt giddy
  • a giddy precipice
  • feeling woozy from the blow on his head
  • a vertiginous climb up the face of the cliff
Definition
(adj) lacking seriousness; given to frivolity
Example Sentence
  • a dizzy blonde
  • light-headed teenagers
  • silly giggles
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sounds like kiddy. Kids are always light hearted.

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GIDDY has two meanings : not serios and dizzy.Giddy is similar to Kiddy, kids arent serious and they jump and run all daylong and feel dizzy

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u must have heard giddy up(at least Kramor say it)

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Feeling giddy when traveling in a gaddi

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gingerly

Definition
(adj) with extreme care or delicacy
Example Sentence
  • they proceeded with gingerly footwork over the jagged stones
  • the issue was handled only in a gingerly way
Definition
(adv) in a gingerly manner
Example Sentence
  • gingerly I raised the edge of the blanket
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you should not put a lot of ginger in any of the dish or tea, otherwise it will spoil the same. So you should be very careful while handling ginger.

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be VERY CAREFUL while cutting GINGER(LY), since they are small and hard.

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add ginger gingerly in small amount

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when we add ginger in tea we can drive at night because we become cautious

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ginger+CAT...SO HAVE you heard of ginger cat...which has brownish eyes....and old people said..if you see a ginger cat on the way..you have to be careful..as gingercat..brings bad luck.

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Ginger hotel of tata is always careful.

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imagine in ur teenage u used to drink ginger beer secretly hence gingerly=secretly

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glean

Definition
(verb) gather, as of natural products
Synonyms : harvest reap
Example Sentence
  • harvest the grapes
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It sounds like clean. You clean by gathering the leavings bit by bit

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concentrate on the word lean,u lean forward,rather bend forward when u want to pick up something...gather leavings

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green + clean.... you clean the green products by picking them up.

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glean: Gather for the LEAN and needy

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Cleaning the surface for gleaning the information.

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glib

Definition
(adj) marked by lack of intellectual depth
Example Sentence
  • glib generalizations
  • a glib response to a complex question
Definition
(adj) having only superficial plausibility
Synonyms : pat slick
Example Sentence
  • glib promises
  • a slick commercial
Definition
(adj) artfully persuasive in speech
Example Sentence
  • a glib tongue
  • a smooth-tongued hypocrite
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glib sounds like Ghalib..his shayeri was slick and fluent.

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someone who doesn't go to lib(glib) lacks intellectual depth

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GLIB -> GLABROUS. GLABROUS means smooth. GLIB means smooth-tongued.

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g:gafadi ; lib:lip;a person who is gafadi can speak well and fluent but lacks sincerity

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good ad-lib

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in general we say... if u SPEAK SO FAST u glub(glib) the words

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Glib--> G is always live.

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'glib,' like a 'bib.' Only caring about superficial things (how you look), lacking in depth.

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glimmer

Definition
(noun) a flash of light (especially reflected light)
Synonyms : gleam gleaming
Definition
(noun) a slight suggestion or vague understanding
Example Sentence
  • he had no inkling what was about to happen
Definition
(verb) shine brightly, like a star or a light
Synonyms : gleam
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for glimmer

opposite of dimmer

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sounds like glamour = those who have glamoure , their faces shine

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sounds similiar to shimmer , hence could be remembered as shine

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glimmer sounds lyk glamour which shine erratically

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glimmer,glimmeing,tim tim karke jalna.means erraticallt twinkin.

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