English Vocabulary with Meanings — gore … headset
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 14 of 36 · 8,882 words in total.
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- gore
- the shedding of blood resulting in murder
- gorge
- the passage between the pharynx and the stomach
- gosling
- young goose
- gospel
- a doctrine that is believed to be of great importance
- gospels
- the four books in the New Testament (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John) that tell the story of Christ's life and teachings
- gossip
- light informal conversation for social occasions
- goth
- one of the Teutonic people who invaded the Roman Empire in the 3rd to 5th centuries
- gothic
- a style of architecture developed in northern France that spread throughout Europe between the 12th and 16th centuries
- gould
- United States financier who gained control of the Erie Canal and who caused a financial panic in 1869 when he attempted to corner the gold market (1836-1892)
- gout
- a painful inflammation of the big toe and foot caused by defects in uric acid metabolism resulting in deposits of the acid and its salts in the blood and joints
- govern
- direct or strongly influence the behavior of
- gown
- a woman's dress, usually with a close-fitting bodice and a long flared skirt, often worn on formal occasions
- gpa
- a measure of a student's academic achievement at a college or university
- gps
- a navigational system involving satellites and computers that can determine the latitude and longitude of a receiver on Earth by computing the time difference for signals from different satellites to reach the receiver
- grab
- the act of catching an object with the hands
- grace
- a disposition to kindness and compassion
- gracie
- United States comedienne remembered as the confused but imperturbable partner of her husband, George Burns (1906-1964)
- grad
- a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university)
- grade
- a variety of cattle produced by crossbreeding with a superior breed
- graded
- arranged in a sequence of grades or ranks
- grader
- a judge who assigns grades to something
- grading
- evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score
- graft
- the act of grafting something onto something else
- graham
- flour made by grinding the entire wheat berry including the bran
- grail
- (legend) chalice used by Christ at the Last Supper
- grain
- the physical composition of something (especially with respect to the size and shape of the small constituents of a substance)
- gram
- Danish physician and bacteriologist who developed a method of staining bacteria to distinguish among them (1853-1938)
- grammar
- the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics)
- gran
- the mother of your father or mother
- grand
- a piano with the strings on a horizontal harp-shaped frame
- grandma
- the mother of your father or mother
- grandpa
- the father of your father or mother
- grange
- an outlying farm
- granite
- something having the quality of granite (unyielding firmness)
- granny
- a reef knot crossed the wrong way and therefore insecure
- grant
- the act of providing a subsidy
- granted
- acknowledged as a supposition
- grape
- a cluster of small projectiles fired together from a cannon to produce a hail of shot
- graph
- a visual representation of the relations between certain quantities plotted with reference to a set of axes
- graphic
- an image that is generated by a computer
- grasp
- the act of grasping
- grass
- street names for marijuana
- grassy
- abounding in grass
- grate
- a frame of iron bars to hold a fire
- grating
- optical device consisting of a surface with many parallel grooves in it
- grave
- a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone)
- gravity
- a manner that is serious and solemn
- gravy
- a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money)
- gray
- horse of a light gray or whitish color
- graze
- the act of grazing
- great
- a person who has achieved distinction and honor in some field
- greater
- greater in size or importance or degree
- greatly
- to an extraordinary extent or degree
- greed
- reprehensible acquisitiveness
- greedy
- wanting to eat or drink more than one can reasonably consume
- greek
- the Hellenic branch of the Indo-European family of languages
- green
- street names for ketamine
- greene
- English novelist and Catholic (1904-1991)
- greet
- react to in a certain way
- grenade
- a small explosive bomb thrown by hand or fired from a missile
- grey
- horse of a light gray or whitish color
- grid
- a cooking utensil of parallel metal bars
- grief
- something that causes great unhappiness
- grill
- a framework of metal bars used as a partition or a grate
- grille
- a framework of metal bars used as a partition or a grate
- grilled
- cooked over an outdoor grill
- grim
- shockingly repellent
- grime
- the state of being covered with unclean things
- grin
- a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth
- grind
- the act of grinding to a powder or dust
- grip
- the act of grasping
- grit
- fortitude and determination
- groan
- an utterance expressing pain or disapproval
- grocer
- a retail merchant who sells foodstuffs (and some household supplies)
- grocery
- (usually plural) consumer goods sold by a grocer
- groin
- a protective structure of stone or concrete
- groom
- a man who has recently been married
- groomed
- neat and smart in appearance
- groove
- a settled and monotonous routine that is hard to escape
- groovy
- (British informal) very chic
- groping
- acting with uncertainty or hesitance or lack of confidence
- gross
- the entire amount of income before any deductions are made
- grossly
- in a gross manner
- ground
- the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface
- grounds
- the enclosed land around a house or other building
- group
- any number of entities (members) considered as a unit
- grouped
- arranged into groups
- grouse
- popular game bird having a plump body and feathered legs and feet
- grove
- garden consisting of a small cultivated wood without undergrowth
- groves
- United States general who served as military director of the atomic bomb project (1896-1970)
- grow
- come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
- grower
- someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil
- growing
- (electronics) the production of (semiconductor) crystals by slow crystallization from the molten state
- growl
- the sound of growling (as made by animals)
- grown
- (of animals) fully developed
- growth
- the gradual beginning or coming forth
- grub
- a soft thick wormlike larva of certain beetles and other insects
- grumpy
- annoyed and irritable
- grunt
- medium-sized tropical marine food fishes that utter grunting sounds when caught
- guam
- the largest and southernmost island in the Marianas which is administered as a territory of the United States
- guard
- a position on a basketball team
- guess
- an estimate based on little or no information
- guest
- (computer science) any computer that is hooked up to a computer network
- gui
- a user interface based on graphics (icons and pictures and menus) instead of text
- guide
- a structure or marking that serves to direct the motion or positioning of something
- guild
- a formal association of people with similar interests
- guilt
- remorse caused by feeling responsible for some offense
- guilty
- showing a sense of guilt
- guinea
- a west African bird having dark plumage mottled with white
- guise
- an artful or simulated semblance
- guitar
- a stringed instrument usually having six strings
- gujarat
- an industrialized state in western India that includes parts of Bombay
- gulf
- an unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding)
- gull
- mostly white aquatic bird having long pointed wings and short legs
- gully
- deep ditch cut by running water (especially after a prolonged downpour)
- gum
- the tissue (covered by mucous membrane) of the jaws that surrounds the bases of the teeth
- gun
- the discharge of a firearm as signal or as a salute in military ceremonies
- gunman
- a professional killer who uses a gun
- gunshot
- the act of shooting a gun
- gurney
- a metal stretcher with wheels
- guru
- a Hindu or Buddhist religious leader and spiritual teacher
- gust
- a strong current of air
- gusto
- vigorous and enthusiastic enjoyment
- gut
- a strong cord made from the intestines of sheep and used in surgery
- guthrie
- United States folk singer and songwriter (1912-1967)
- guts
- fortitude and determination
- guy
- a cable, wire, or rope that is used to brace something (especially a tent)
- guyana
- a republic in northeastern South America
- gym
- athletic facility equipped for sports or physical training
- gymnast
- an athlete who is skilled in gymnastics
- gypsy
- the Indic language of the Gypsies
- ha
- a short laugh, or a sound of surprise
- habit
- something a person does regularly, often without thinking
- habitat
- the type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs
- hack
- a saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc.
- hacker
- one who works hard at boring tasks
- hackney
- a compact breed of harness horse
- hades
- (religion) the world of the dead
- hahn
- German chemist who was co-discoverer with Lise Meitner of nuclear fission (1879-1968)
- haiku
- an epigrammatic Japanese verse form of three short lines
- hail
- enthusiastic greeting
- hair
- a filamentous projection or process on an organism
- haircut
- the act of cutting the hair
- haired
- having or covered with hair
- hairy
- hazardous and frightening
- haiti
- an island in the West Indies
- haitian
- a native or inhabitant of Haiti
- halal
- (Islam) meat from animals that have been slaughtered in the prescribed way according to the shariah
- hale
- prolific United States writer (1822-1909)
- haley
- United States writer and Afro-American who wrote a fictionalized account of tracing his family roots back to Africa (1921-1992)
- half
- one of two equal parts of a divisible whole
- halifax
- provincial capital and largest city of Nova Scotia
- hall
- a large entrance or reception room or area
- halle
- a city in the Saxony region of Germany on the Saale River
- hallway
- an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open
- halo
- an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint
- halt
- an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement
- halting
- fragmentary or halting from emotional strain
- ham
- meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked)
- hamas
- a militant Islamic fundamentalist political movement that opposes peace with Israel and uses terrorism as a weapon
- hamburg
- a port city in northern Germany on the Elbe River that was founded by Charlemagne in the 9th century and is today the largest port in Germany
- hamlet
- a community of people smaller than a village
- hammock
- a hanging bed of canvas or rope netting (usually suspended between two trees)
- hamper
- a basket usually with a cover
- hampton
- United States musician who was the first to use the vibraphone as a jazz instrument (1913-2002)
- hamster
- short-tailed Old World burrowing rodent with large cheek pouches
- han
- imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time from 206 BC to AD 220) and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy
- hancock
- American revolutionary patriot who was president of the Continental Congress
- hand
- physical assistance
- handed
- having or involving the use of hands
- handle
- the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it
- handled
- having a usually specified type of handle
- handler
- (sports) someone in charge of training an athlete or a team
- handout
- giving money or food or clothing to a needy person
- hands
- (with `in') guardianship over
- handset
- telephone set with the mouthpiece and earpiece mounted on a single handle
- handy
- United States blues musician who transcribed and published traditional blues music (1873-1958)
- hang
- a gymnastic exercise performed on the rings or horizontal bar or parallel bars when the gymnast's weight is supported by the arms
- hanger
- anything from which something can be hung
- hangout
- a frequently visited place
- hank
- a coil of rope or wool or yarn
- hanks
- United States film actor (born in 1956)
- hanoi
- the capital city of Vietnam
- hanover
- the English royal house that reigned from 1714 to 1901 (from George I to Victoria)
- hap
- an accidental happening
- happen
- come to pass
- happily
- in an unexpectedly lucky way
- happy
- well expressed and to the point
- harbor
- a place of refuge and comfort and security
- harbour
- a place of refuge and comfort and security
- hard
- not easy
- harden
- cause to accept or become hardened to
- harding
- 29th President of the United States
- hardly
- only a very short time before
- hardy
- English novelist and poet (1840-1928)
- hare
- swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs
- harem
- living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
- harlem
- a district of Manhattan
- harlow
- United States film actress who made several films with Clark Gable (1911-1937)
- harm
- the act of damaging something or someone
- harmful
- causing or capable of causing harm
- harness
- stable gear consisting of an arrangement of leather straps fitted to a draft animal so that it can be attached to and pull a cart
- harp
- a small rectangular free-reed instrument having a row of free reeds set back in air holes and played by blowing into the desired hole
- harper
- someone who plays the harp
- harris
- publisher of the first newspaper printed in America (1673-1713)
- harrow
- a cultivator that pulverizes or smooths the soil
- harry
- make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes
- harsh
- sharply disagreeable
- harshly
- in a harsh and grating manner
- hart
- a male deer, especially an adult male red deer
- hartley
- English philosopher who introduced the theory of the association of ideas (1705-1757)
- harvard
- a university in Massachusetts
- harvest
- the season for gathering crops
- harvey
- English physician and scientist who described the circulation of the blood
- hash
- purified resinous extract of the hemp plant
- hassle
- disorderly fighting
- haste
- the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner
- hastily
- in a hurried or hasty manner
- hasty
- excessively quick
- hat
- a covering worn on the head
- hatch
- a movable barrier covering a hatchway
- hatched
- shaded by means of fine parallel or crossed lines
- hate
- the emotion of intense dislike
- hated
- treated with contempt
- hater
- a person who hates
- hatred
- the emotion of intense dislike
- haul
- the act of drawing or hauling something
- hauling
- the activity of transporting goods by truck
- haunt
- a frequently visited place
- haunted
- having or showing excessive or compulsive concern with something
- have
- a person who possesses great material wealth
- haven
- a shelter serving as a place of safety or sanctuary
- haw
- the nictitating membrane of a horse
- hawaii
- a state in the United States in the central Pacific on the Hawaiian Islands
- hawk
- diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail
- hawking
- the act of selling goods for a living
- hawkins
- United States jazz saxophonist (1904-1969)
- hay
- grass mowed and cured for use as fodder
- hayes
- 19th President of the United States
- hays
- a town in central Kansas
- hazard
- an obstacle on a golf course
- haze
- confusion characterized by lack of clarity
- hazel
- a shade of brown that is yellowish or reddish
- hazy
- filled or abounding with fog or mist
- he
- the male person already mentioned
- head
- the part of the body above the neck
- headed
- having a head of a specified kind or anything that serves as a head
- header
- a headlong jump (or fall)
- heading
- a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine
- headset
- receiver consisting of a pair of headphones