GRE常考动词（十二）
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gauntlet :: leather glove gazette :: official periodical publication genealogy :: record of descent; lineage generality :: vague statement geniality :: cheerfulness; kindliness; sympathy genre :: style of art illustrating scenes of common life gentility :: those of gentle birth; refinement gentry :: people of standing; class of people just below nobility gesticulation :: motion; gesture gibbet :: gallows gig :: two-wheeled carriage gist :: essence gloaming :: twilight glossary :: brief explanation of words used in the text gnome :: dwarf; underground spirit gourmand :: epicure; person who takes excessive pleasure in food and drink gratuity :: tip grimace :: a facial distortion to show feeling such as pain, disgust, etc. hackles :: hairs on back and neck of a dog haughtiness :: pride; arrogance hauteur :: haughtiness hawser :: large rope hedonism :: belief that pleasure is the sole aim in life hegira :: flight, especially Mohammed"s flight from Mecca the Medina heresy :: opinion contrary to popular belief; opinion contrary to accepted relig heretic :: person who maintains opinions contrary to the doctrines of the church hermitage :: home of hermit hiatus :: gap; pause hierarchy :: body divided into ranks hieroglyphic :: picture writing hilarity :: boisterous mirth hireling :: one who serves for hire (usually contemptuously) hoax :: trick; practical joke hogshead :: large barrel holocaust :: destruction by fire holster :: pistol case homily :: sermon; serious warning hostelry :: inn hoyden :: boisterous girl hubbub :: confused uproar humility :: humbleness of spirit hummock :: small hill humus :: substance formed by decaying vegetable matter husbandry :: frugality; thrift; agriculture hustings :: meetings particularly to choose candidates hybrid :: mongrel; mixed breed hyperbole :: exaggeration; overstatement |
