garrulous - talking too much, especially about trifles: "I may talk a lot," he said, "but I'm not garrulous. I talk about important things like golfing and fishing." Also: garrulity, garrulousness (garrulity). [garrio, garrire - to chatter, babble, prate]
gaudery - 1) ostentatious show; 2) excessively showy things: In making plans to redecorate, the couple agreed to stress the practical and to eliminate all gaudery. Also: gaud (a cheap, showy ornament), gaudy (excessively showy), gaudiness. [gaudeo, gaudere, gavisus - to rejoice]
gelid - icy cold: Although polar bears and several species of penguins prefer gelid habitats, their paths never cross because polar bears live in the Arctic while penguins live only in the southern hemisphere. Also: gelidity, gelidness. [gelo, gelare - to freeze; gelu, gelus, n. - frost; icy cold]
engender - 1) to produce, cause: To paraphrase an old adage, nothing engenders self-confidence like success. 2) to beget, procreate. Also: engenderment. [ingenero, ingenerare, ingeneravi, ingeneratus - to implant; produce]
genteel - fashionable; elegant: She has that genteel
attractiveness that one associates with southern belles of the 19th
century. Also: genteelism,
genteelness, gentility (the quality of being genteel) [gentilitas,
gentilitatis, f. - relationship between members of a family, clan,
or nation]
generate - to produce; to cause to be: Having generated
strong support among the students, the class officers approached the
principal with confidence. Also: generation, regenerate (to
cause to be completely renewed; to give a new spiritual life to; to
bring into existence again), regeneration, regenerative. [genero,
generare, generavi, generatus - to beget; to produce]
germane - relevant, pertinent: We knew something was wrong when she, our paragon of propriety, kept saying things that were not even remotely germane to the discussion. Also: germaneness. [germana, germanae, f. - one’s own sister; germane - sincerely; germanitas, germanitatis, f. - the relationship between brothers and sisters; brotherhood; sisterhood; germanus, germani, m. - one’s own brother]
gerund - a verbal noun (gerunds always end in "ing"
in English): In the sentence, "The students reading the story
were putting their hands over their ears in order not to hear the
talking on the other side of the room," only "talking" is
a gerund; "reading" is a present active participle, while
"putting" is part of a finite verb in the past progressive. Also:
gerundial, gerundive (a Latin participle similar to the Latin
gerund in form), gerundival.
congenital - inborn; present at birth: The last-place
finisher was heard to remark that he would have won if it weren’t for
a few congenital deficiencies. [genitalis, genitale -
belonging to birth; generative; genitor, genitoris, m. - a
parent; father]
conglomerate - n. 1) a single mass made up of heterogeneous parts; 2) a company having subsidiaries in various unrelated industries: Conglomerates are sometimes able to offset losses in one industry with gains in another. adj. 1) gathered into a rounded mass; 2) made up of heterogeneous parts; v. 1) (trans.) to gather into a single mass; 2) (intrans.) to cluster together. Also: conglomerate, conglomeratic, conglomerateur, conglomeration, conglomerator, conglomerative, conglomeratize, conglomeratization.
vainglory - excessive, demonstrative pride; unjustified glory, pride, and boastfulness: Vainglory, rather than teamwork, seems to characterize many professional athletes of the 90s. Also: vainglorious, vaingloriousness. [vanus, vana, vanum - empty, vain]
egress - 1) a going out; 2) a way out, exit; 3) permission to go out: The aged king, ailing and confined to his chambers, had granted his private physician unrestricted ingress and egress. Also: egression (a going out), egressive, ingress (a going in; a way in, entrance; right to go in), ingression, ingressive, ingressiveness. [egressus, egressus, m. - departure; egredior, egredi, egressus sum - to go out; to ascend; to pass beyond; ingressus, ingressus, m. - entering] gradient - 1) degree or rate of the ascent or descent of a road, railroad track, etc.: The maximum gradient of modern mountain highways seems to be about seven percent. 2) an inclined surface; the sloping part of a road, railroad track, etc. 3) rate of change of a variable with respect to distance. [gradatim - step by step; gradus, gradus, m. - step] ingress - 1) the act of entering; 2) the right to enter: The totalitarian ruler, who restricts egress from his country to cronies, athletes, and very old people, is less concerned about ingress; no one wants in anyway--except cronies and some athletes. 3) a way of entering. Also: ingression. ingressive, ingressiveness. [gradatim - step by step; gradus, gradus, m. - step; gressus, gressus, m. - a stepping, going; ingredior, ingredi, ingressus sum - to advance; to enter] regressive - going backward: Some consider the state
lottery a regressive means of revenue enhancement because it takes more
money from the poor than from the wealthy. Also: regress (to
go backwards; to revert to a worse condition), regression,
regressiveness, regressivity (tendency to go backwards), regressor.
[regressus, regressus, m. - return; retreat; regredior,
regredi, regressus sum - to go back; to retreat] retrogression - the act of moving backward to an earlier, worse (or more primitive) condition: The adoption of radical religious ideas can result in a retrogression of scientific knowledge as believers reject solid scientific ideas that conflict with their irrational beliefs. Also: retrogress, retrogressive. [gradatim - step by step; gradus, gradus, m. - step; gressus, gressus, m. - a stepping, going; retro - backwards, back]
gratify - 1) to give pleasure to: Although an occasional
show of anger can work wonders among benevolent people, you only gratify
a scoundrel by becoming visibly angry at him. 2) to satisfy. Also: gratifiable,
gratification (a gratifying or being gratified), gratifier. [gratificor,
gratificari, gratificatus sum - to do a favor for; gratificatio,
gratificationis, f. - showing kindness]
aggrieved - offended, wronged: Unappeased by management's
feeble attempts to amend the dangerous working conditions, the aggrieved
workers voted to strike. Also: aggrieve (to offend, wrong), aggrievedness,
aggrievement. [adgravo, adgravare, adgravavi, adgravatus - to
make heavier; to make worse]
gregarious - 1) fond of being with others; 2) living in herds,
flocks, etc.: "Not all gregarious animals are human," she
said; "think of cows, sheep, and pro-wrestling fans." (Sorry,
Jesse. You're great.) Also: gregariousness. [gregarius,
gregaria, gregarium - belonging to a herd or a flock] |
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