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5000 Vocabulary List for Visiting Scholars in the USA - Page 120 |
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| Word | Type | Used in a Sentence | Synonym |
| grant | verb | We will grant that we made mistakes. | admit |
| noun | She received a grant of $5000. | gift | |
| grape | noun | Grapes are often used for wine. | type of fruit |
| graph | noun | The graph showed the company's profit. | chart |
| grasp | verb | A drowning man will grasp at anything. | clutch |
| noun | Success is within your grasp. | reach | |
| grass | noun | The cows ate the green grass. | herbage |
| grasshopper | noun | Grasshoppers will devastate crops. | type of insect |
| grateful | adj. | He was a grateful man for the help. | thankful |
| gratitude | noun | Their gratitude was obvious. | appreciation |
| grave | noun | The body was placed in a grave. | burial place |
| adj. | It was a grave situation for us. | serious | |
| gravel | noun | Gravel is vital in making concrete. | small stones |
| gravity | noun | Newton discovered the laws of gravity. | attraction |
| noun | The gravity of the situation is great. | seriousness | |
| graze | verb | The horses grazed in the pasture. | browsed |
| verb | The two cars grazed each other. | scraped | |
| grease | noun | Grease reduces friction in bearings. | lubricants |
| verb | You should grease the car each month. | lubricate | |
| great | adj. | The dance was held in a great hall. | spacious |
| adj. | We traveled a great distance. | large in number | |
| adj. | America is one of the great nations. | powerful | |
| greatly | adj. | He is greatly admired in the West. | immensely |
| greed | noun | Greed will rob a man of his senses. | avarice |
| greedy | adj. | She was a greedy person. | covetous |
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