English Vocabulary with Meanings — frankly … gop
Every English word from the Akshara word game with its everyday meaning — the same reviewed definitions players see at the end of each level. Part 13 of 36 · 8,882 words in total.
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- frankly
- (used as intensives reflecting the speaker's attitude) it is sincerely the case that
- frantic
- excessively agitated
- frat
- a social club for male undergraduates
- frau
- a German courtesy title or form of address for an adult woman
- fraud
- something intended to deceive
- fraught
- marked by distress
- fray
- a noisy fight
- freak
- someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction
- freaky
- conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual
- free
- people who are free
- freedom
- the condition of being free
- freeman
- a person who is not a serf or a slave
- freight
- transporting goods commercially at rates cheaper than express rates
- fremont
- United States explorer who mapped much of the American west and Northwest (1813-1890)
- french
- the Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France
- fresco
- a durable method of painting on a wall by using watercolors on wet plaster
- fresh
- improperly forward or bold
- fresno
- a city in south central California in the San Joaquin Valley
- fret
- a small bar of metal across the fingerboard of a musical instrument
- freud
- Austrian neurologist who originated psychoanalysis (1856-1939)
- frey
- (Norse mythology) god of earth's fertility and peace and prosperity
- fri
- the sixth day of the week
- friar
- a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms
- friday
- the sixth day of the week
- fridge
- a refrigerator in which the coolant is pumped around by an electric motor
- fried
- cooked by frying in fat
- friend
- a member of the Religious Society of Friends founded by George Fox (the Friends have never called themselves Quakers)
- fries
- strips of potato fried in deep fat
- fright
- an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)
- fringe
- an ornamental border consisting of short lengths of hanging threads or tassels
- frog
- any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping
- front
- the side that is seen or that goes first
- frontal
- the face or front of a building
- frost
- United States poet famous for his lyrical poems on country life in New England (1874-1963)
- frosted
- (of glass) having a roughened coating resembling frost
- frosty
- pleasantly cold and invigorating
- frown
- a facial expression of dislike or displeasure
- frozen
- incapable of being changed or moved or undone
- frugal
- avoiding waste
- fruit
- an amount of a product
- fruity
- informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
- fry
- a young person of either sex
- ftc
- an independent agency of the United States federal government that maintains fair and free competition
- ftp
- protocol that allows users to copy files between their local system and any system they can reach on the network
- fudge
- soft creamy candy
- fuel
- a substance that can be consumed to produce energy
- fueled
- heated, driven, or produced by burning fuel
- fuji
- an extinct volcano in south central Honshu that is the highest peak in Japan
- full
- the time when the Moon is fully illuminated
- fully
- to the greatest degree or extent
- fulton
- American inventor who designed the first commercially successful steamboat and the first steam warship (1765-1815)
- fumble
- (sports) dropping the ball
- fumes
- gases ejected from an engine as waste products
- fun
- activities that are enjoyable or amusing
- fund
- a financial institution that sells shares to individuals and invests in securities issued by other companies
- funding
- the act of financing
- funds
- assets in the form of money
- funeral
- a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated
- fungal
- of or relating to fungi
- fungi
- the taxonomic kingdom including yeast, molds, smuts, mushrooms, and toadstools
- funk
- an earthy type of jazz combining it with blues and soul
- funny
- an account of an amusing incident (usually with a punch line)
- fur
- dense coat of fine silky hairs on mammals (e.g., cat or seal or weasel)
- furious
- marked by extreme anger
- furnish
- give something useful or necessary to
- furry
- covered with a dense coat of fine silky hairs
- further
- promote the growth of
- fury
- the property of being wild or turbulent
- fuse
- any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant
- fused
- joined together into a whole
- fusion
- the act of fusing (or melting) together
- futile
- unproductive of success
- fuzz
- the first beard of an adolescent boy
- gaap
- a collection of rules and procedures and conventions that define accepted accounting practice
- gable
- the vertical triangular wall between the sloping ends of gable roof
- gabriel
- (Bible) the archangel who was the messenger of God
- gadget
- a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
- gaelic
- any of several related languages of the Celts in Ireland and Scotland
- gag
- restraint put into a person's mouth to prevent speaking or shouting
- gaga
- intensely enthusiastic about or preoccupied with
- gage
- a measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc.
- gaia
- (Greek mythology) goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology
- gain
- the amount of increase in signal power or voltage or current expressed as the ratio of output to input
- gait
- a person's manner of walking
- gal
- alliterative term for girl (or woman)
- gala
- a gay festivity
- gale
- a strong wind moving 45-90 knots
- gall
- the trait of being rude and impertinent
- gallery
- a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine
- galley
- the area for food preparation on a ship
- gallon
- United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters
- gallop
- a fast gait of a horse
- gallows
- an instrument of execution consisting of a wooden frame from which a condemned person is executed by hanging
- gallup
- a town in northwestern New Mexico near the Arizona border
- gambit
- a chess move early in the game in which the player sacrifices minor pieces in order to obtain an advantageous position
- gamble
- a risky act or venture
- gambler
- a person who wagers money on the outcome of games or sporting events
- game
- an amusement or pastime
- gaming
- the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize)
- gamma
- the 3rd letter of the Greek alphabet
- gandhi
- political and spiritual leader during India's struggle with Great Britain for home rule
- gang
- tool consisting of a combination of implements arranged to work together
- gao
- an independent nonpartisan federal agency that acts as the investigative arm of Congress making the executive branch accountable to Congress and the government accountable to citizens of the United States
- gap
- an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity
- gaping
- with the mouth wide open as in wonder or awe
- garage
- an outbuilding (or part of a building) for housing automobiles
- garb
- clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion
- garbage
- a receptacle where waste can be discarded
- garden
- a plot of ground where plants are cultivated
- gardner
- writer of detective novels featuring Perry Mason (1889-1970)
- garlic
- aromatic bulb used as seasoning
- garment
- an article of clothing
- garner
- a storehouse for threshed grain or animal feed
- garnet
- any of a group of hard glassy minerals (silicates of various metals) used as gemstones and as an abrasive
- garnish
- any decoration added as a trimming or adornment
- gary
- a city in northwest Indiana on Lake Michigan
- gas
- a pedal that controls the throttle valve
- gasp
- a short labored intake of breath with the mouth open
- gastric
- relating to or involving the stomach
- gate
- a movable barrier in a fence or wall
- gates
- United States computer entrepreneur whose software company made him the youngest multi-billionaire in the history of the United States (born in 1955)
- gator
- either of two amphibious reptiles related to crocodiles but with shorter broader snouts
- gaul
- an ancient region of western Europe that included what is now northern Italy and France and Belgium and part of Germany and the Netherlands
- gay
- someone who practices homosexuality
- gaza
- a coastal region at the southeastern corner of the Mediterranean bordering Israel and Egypt
- gaze
- a long fixed look
- gcse
- the basic level of a subject taken in school
- gdp
- the measure of an economy adopted by the United States in 1991
- gear
- a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion
- gearbox
- the shell (metal casing) in which a train of gears is sealed
- geared
- equipped with or connected by gears or having gears engaged
- gearing
- wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed
- gee
- a unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity
- geek
- a person with an unusual or odd personality
- gel
- a thin translucent membrane used over stage lights for color effects
- gelatin
- a thin translucent membrane used over stage lights for color effects
- gem
- art highly prized for its beauty or perfection
- gemini
- the third sign of the zodiac
- gemma
- small asexual reproductive structure in e.g. liverworts and mosses that detaches from the parent and develops into a new individual
- gen
- an informal word for information
- gender
- the properties that distinguish organisms on the basis of their reproductive roles
- gene
- (genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain
- general
- a fact about the whole (as opposed to particular)
- genetic
- occurring among members of a family usually by heredity
- geneva
- gin made in the Netherlands
- genie
- (Islam) an invisible spirit mentioned in the Koran and believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals
- genital
- of or relating to the external sex organs
- genius
- unusual mental ability
- genoa
- a seaport in northwestern Italy
- genome
- the ordering of genes in a haploid set of chromosomes of a particular organism
- genre
- a class of art (or artistic endeavor) having a characteristic form or technique
- gent
- port city in northwestern Belgium and industrial center
- gentile
- a Christian
- gentle
- stroke soothingly
- gently
- with little weight or force
- genus
- a general kind of something
- george
- Elector of Hanover and the first Hanoverian King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1714 to 1727 (1660-1727)
- georgia
- a republic in Asia Minor on the Black Sea separated from Russia by the Caucasus mountains
- germ
- a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium)
- german
- the standard German language
- germany
- a republic in central Europe
- gestapo
- the secret state police in Nazi Germany
- gesture
- motion of hands or body to emphasize or help to express a thought or feeling
- get
- a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent
- getting
- the act of acquiring something
- ghetto
- a poor densely populated city district occupied by a minority ethnic group linked together by economic hardship and social restrictions
- ghost
- a mental representation of some haunting experience
- ghostly
- resembling or characteristic of a phantom
- ghz
- 1,000,000,000 periods per second
- gia
- a terrorist organization of Islamic extremists whose violent activities began in 1992
- giant
- any creature of exceptional size
- gibbs
- United States chemist (1839-1903)
- gibson
- United States tennis player who was the first Black woman player to win all the major world singles titles (1927-2003)
- gift
- the act of giving
- gifted
- endowed with talent or talents
- gig
- a booking for musicians
- gill
- respiratory organ of aquatic animals that breathe oxygen dissolved in water
- gilt
- a coating of gold or of something that looks like gold
- gin
- a form of rummy in which a player can go out if the cards remaining in their hand total less than 10 points
- ginger
- liveliness and energy
- girl
- a female human offspring
- giro
- a British financial system in which a bank or a post office transfers money from one account to another when they receive authorization to do so
- gist
- the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
- git
- a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
- give
- the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length
- given
- an assumption that is taken for granted
- giver
- person who makes a gift of property
- glacier
- a slowly moving mass of ice
- glad
- any of numerous plants of the genus Gladiolus native chiefly to tropical and South Africa having sword-shaped leaves and one-sided spikes of brightly colored funnel-shaped flowers
- gladly
- in a willing manner
- glamour
- alluring beauty or charm (often with sex-appeal)
- glance
- a quick look
- gland
- any of various organs that synthesize substances needed by the body and release it through ducts or directly into the bloodstream
- glare
- an angry stare
- glasgow
- largest city in Scotland
- glass
- a small refracting telescope
- glasses
- optical instrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision
- glaze
- a coating for ceramics, metal, etc.
- glazed
- (used of eyes) lacking liveliness
- glee
- great merriment
- glen
- a narrow secluded valley (in the mountains)
- glenn
- made the first orbital rocket-powered flight by a United States astronaut in 1962
- glide
- the activity of flying a glider
- glider
- aircraft supported only by the dynamic action of air against its surfaces
- glimpse
- a quick look
- glitch
- a fault or defect in a computer program, system, or machine
- global
- involving the entire earth
- globe
- a sphere on which a map (especially of the earth) is represented
- glory
- brilliant radiant beauty
- gloss
- an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading
- glossy
- a photograph that is printed on smooth shiny paper
- glove
- the handwear used by fielders in playing baseball
- glow
- an appearance of reflected light
- glowing
- the amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface
- glucose
- a monosaccharide sugar that has several forms
- glue
- cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive
- glued
- affixed or as if affixed with glue or paste
- gmt
- the local time at the 0 meridian passing through Greenwich, England
- gnome
- a short pithy saying expressing a general truth
- gnu
- large African antelope having a head with horns like an ox and a long tufted tail
- go
- to move or travel from one place to another
- goa
- a state of southwestern India
- goal
- a successful attempt at scoring
- goat
- any of numerous agile ruminants related to sheep but having a beard and straight horns
- goblin
- (folklore) a small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings
- god
- a material effigy that is worshipped
- goddard
- United States physicist who developed the first successful liquid-fueled rocket (1882-1945)
- goddess
- a female deity
- godly
- emanating from God
- goethe
- German poet and novelist and dramatist who lived in Weimar (1749-1832)
- gogh
- Dutch Post-impressionist painter noted for his use of color (1853-1890)
- going
- the act of departing
- gold
- a deep yellow color
- golden
- presaging or likely to bring good luck
- goldman
- United States anarchist (born in Russia) who opposed conscription
- golf
- a game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes
- golfer
- someone who plays the game of golf
- golfing
- playing golf
- goliath
- someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful
- gone
- dead
- gong
- a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer
- goo
- any thick, viscous matter
- good
- articles of commerce
- goodbye
- a farewell remark
- goodman
- United States clarinetist who in 1934 formed a big band (including black as well as white musicians) and introduced a kind of jazz known as swing (1909-1986)
- goody
- something considered choice to eat
- a widely used search engine that uses text-matching techniques to find web pages that are important and relevant to a user's search
- goon
- an aggressive and violent young criminal
- goose
- web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks
- gop
- the younger of two major political parties in the United States