gloat -
To enjoy thinking about one's own success that came about at the expense of another's misfortune
"You can gloat about your victory now", Johnny shouted at the other football captain, "but next year I assure you we'll beat you badly".
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gangster -
A member of a group of violent criminals
Dressed in a sharp suit and carrying a gun, he looked like a gangster on his way to commit a crime.
adjective
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Unhappy
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grouchy -
Irritable, bad-tempered, and complaining
Eli was a grouchy man who hated when the neighborhood kids would walk on his lawn.
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Beautiful
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graceful -
Moving in a smooth, relaxed, and attractive way; elegance or beauty of form, manner, movement, or speech.
Thier favorite event of the Olympics was figure skating, because of the graceful way the skaters would move.
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grope -
To feel about or search blindly and uncertainly with the hands.
When he woke from the bad dream, he groped to find the lamp switch to turn it on so he could try to calm down.
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grumble -
To complain or protest about something in a bad-tempered but typically muted way
Susie grumbled silently when her mother told her to do her homework.
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grandeur -
Being very beautiful and impressive, especially in appearance or style
The Buckingham Palace changing of the guards is an echo of the grandeur that British royalty used to enjoy.
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gaping -
A wide open and very large hole.
The prisoners used dynamite to blast through the prison wall, and they escaped through the gaping hole that resulted.
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gobble -
To eat something hurriedly and noisily
After going without food for the whole day, June gobbled the plate of spaghetti she made for dinner.
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gruff -
An impatient, rude, and unfriendly way of speaking
When Professor Barkley's students visited him at his house on his birthday, they could see that behind his usual gruff exterior was a kind and gentle man.
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gruesome -
Causing horror, disgust, and shock - usually dealing with death or injury:
When the policeman visited the scene of the murder, the sight was so gruesome that he couldn't help but go outside and throw up.
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Big
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gamut -
The complete range or scope of something
The colored pencils ran the gamut from light blue to dark red.
