Tuesday, March 10, 2015

"G" words

GAIN. Verb.
To get something wanted or valued.

GALLANT. Adjective.
Showing courage: very brave
Showing politeness and respect for women

GANDER. Noun.
An adult male goose

GLANCE. Verb.
To look at someone or something very quickly
Syn. glimpse

GAZE.  Verb.
To look at someone or something in a steady way and usually for a long time
Syn. stare

GOBBLE. Verb.
To swallow or eat greedily

GRIMACE. Noun.
A facial expression in which your mouth and face are twisted that shows disgust, disapproval, pain

GRANARY.  Noun.
A building in which grain is stored

GRASP.  Verb.
To take and hold something with your fingers, hands

GROIN. Noun.
The area of the body where your legs come together



GRUDGE. Noun.
A strong feeling of anger toward someone that lasts for a long time

GRUESOME. Adjective.
Causing horror or disgust
Syn. frightful, dreadful, appalling

GRANDEUR. Noun.
A great and impressive quality
Syn.  magnificence, grandness, majesty

GRUMPY. Adjective.
Easily annoyed or angered; having a bad temper or complaining often
Syn.  grouchy, irritable, peevish

GRIEF. Noun.
Deep sadness esp. by someone’s death

GOSSIP. Noun.
Information about the behavior and personal lives of other people

GODPARENT. Noun.
A sponsor at baptism

GLOAT. Verb.
To be happy with your own success or another person’s failure

GLAMOR. Noun.
A very exciting and attractive quality

GRIPE. Verb.

To complain about something

INVICTUS for poem recitation

Invictus

Out of the night that covers me,
      Black as the pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
      For my unconquerable soul.

In the fell clutch of circumstance
      I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
      My head is bloody, but unbowed.

Beyond this place of wrath and tears
      Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
      Finds and shall find me unafraid.

It matters not how strait the gate,
      How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate,
      I am the captain of my soul.