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American English Vocabulary - Letter
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- gain
- v. to get possession of; to get more; to increase
- game
- n. an activity with rules in which people or teams
play or compete, usually sports
- gas
- n. any substance that is not solid or liquid; any
substance that burns to provide heat, light or power
- gather
- v. to bring or come together into a group or
place; to collect
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general - n. a high military leader; ad.
without details; affecting or including all or
almost all
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generation - n. a group of individuals born
and living at about the same time. ("The mother and
daughter represented two generations.")
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genocide - n. a plan of action to kill or
destroy a national, religious, racial or ethnic
group
- gentle
- ad. soft; kind; not rough or violent
- get
- v. to receive; to gain; to go and bring back; to
become; to become the owner of
- gift
- n. something given without cost
- girl
- n. a young female person
- give
- v. to present to another to keep without receiving
payment
- glass
- n. a hard, clear material that is easily broken,
used most often for windows or for containers to
hold liquids
- go
- v. to move from one place to another; to leave
- goal
- n. that toward which an effort is directed; that
which is aimed at; the end of a trip or race
- god
- n. the spirit that is honored as creator of all
things ("They believe in God."); a spirit or being
believed in many religions to have special powers
- gold
- n. a highly valued yellow metal
- good
- ad. pleasing; helpful; kind; correct; not bad
- goods
- n. things owned or made to be sold
- govern
- v. to control; to rule by military or political
power
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government - n. a system of governing; the
organization of people that rules a country, city or
area
- grain
- n. the seed of grass plants used for food, such as
wheat, rice and corn; those plants that produce the
seeds
- grass
- n. a plant with long, narrow, green leaves
- gray
- ad. having the color like that made by mixing
black and white
- great
- ad. very large or more than usual in size or
number; very good; important
- green
- ad. having the color like that made by mixing
yellow and blue; having the color like that of
growing leaves and grass
- grind
- v. to reduce to small pieces by crushing
- ground
- n. land; the earth's surface; soil
- group
- n. a number of people or things together; a
gathering of people working for a common purpose
- grow
- v. to develop or become bigger; to increase in
size or amount
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guarantee - v. to promise a result; to
promise that something will happen
- guard
- v. to watch and protect a person, place or thing
("He guards the president."); n. a person or thing
that watches or protects ("He is a prison guard.")
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guerrilla - n. a person who fights as part of
an unofficial army, usually against an official army
or police
- guide
- v. to lead to; to show the way; n. one who shows
the way
- guilty
- ad. having done something wrong or in violation of
a law; responsible for a bad action
- gun
- n. a weapon that shoots bullets
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