Vocabulary Words Starting With G

20 GRE, SAT, IELTS, and TOEFL vocabulary words beginning with G.

Galvanize medium
verb

To shock or excite someone into taking action.

Garner medium
verb

To gather or collect something, especially praise, support, or information, over time.

Garrulous medium
adjective

Talking excessively, especially about unimportant or trivial things.

Gauge medium
verb

To make an estimate or judgment about the amount, level, or nature of something.

Generic easy
adjective

General in nature rather than specific to a particular brand, case, or type.

Genial easy
adjective

Warm, friendly, and cheerful in manner.

Genuine easy
adjective

Real and sincere; not fake, forced, or pretended.

Germane medium
adjective

Relevant and appropriate to the matter being discussed.

Glean hard
verb

To gather information or knowledge slowly and often with effort, piece by piece.

Glib medium
adjective

Speaking or spoken fluently but in a way that suggests insincerity or a lack of real thought.

Gradual easy
adjective

Happening slowly, in small steps, over an extended period.

Grandiloquent hard
adjective

Using extravagant, pompous language meant to impress rather than communicate clearly.

Grandiose easy
adjective

Impressively large in scope, or overblown and pretentiously grand.

Grapple easy
verb

To struggle or engage seriously with a difficult problem or question in order to solve or understand it.

Gratuitous medium
adjective

Done or given without any real justification or necessity; uncalled for.

Gregarious easy
adjective

Fond of company; sociable and enjoying the presence of others.

Grim easy
adjective

Serious, unpleasant, and lacking any hope or cheerfulness.

Grueling medium
adjective

Extremely tiring and demanding, often over a long period of time.

Guile medium
noun

Clever and cunning deceit used to trick or manipulate someone.

Gullible easy
adjective

Easily fooled or tricked because of being too trusting.