garble -
To distort a message so that it is unclear or confusing
When the astronauts landed on Mars, static garbled their voices so none of the billions of people on earth watching on TV could understand what they were saying.
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Body
noun
gulp -
An act of gulping food or drink
Sweating from the heat, Roger took a big gulp of water to cool down.
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Angry
noun
grudge -
A persistent feeling of ill will or resentment resulting from a past insult or injury
Emma and Sal held a longstanding grudge against each other and could barely stand to be in the same room, but neither one of them remembered what had caused the grudge.
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Disgusting
adjective
grubby -
Dirty; grimy
Tate's mother told him to wash his grubby hands before eating dinner.
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Unfriendly
verb
goad -
Provoke or annoy (someone) so as to stimulate some action or reaction
Max was the biggest 8th grader in the school yard, and he would often be aggressive with the other kids, trying to goad them into a fight that he knew he would win.
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Shape
noun
gulch -
A narrow and steep-sided ravine marking the course of what used to be a stream
Tourists would often walk through the dry gulch in the national park.
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Friendly
nounverb noun
gab -
Talk; chatter
In the typical workplace, employees engage in gab with each other around the water cooler.
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Body
verb
grasp -
Seize and hold firmly
The baby grasped his father's hand in a gesture of affection.
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Happy
nounverb noun
guffaw -
A very loud and hearty laugh
When Pete told a joke to the other men around the pot belly stove in the general store, they let out a guffaw of laughter.
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Dishonest
verb
gouge -
Overcharge; swindle (related to other meaning: to take out flesh)
Someone who doesn't understand how cars work may be gouged by the mechanic when the bill comes.
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Wet
verb
gush -
(of a liquid) flow out in a rapid and plentiful stream, often suddenly
On a hot summer day, water gushed out of the fire hydrant to cool everyone down.
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Body
nounverb noun
gash -
A long deep slash, cut, or wound
Paul needed stitches to repair the gash in his hand.
