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6001 - 7000 Vocabulary List for Visiting Scholars in the USA - Page 21
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| Word | Type | Used in a Sentence | Synonym |
| gratify | verb | His achievement will gratify his father. | please, satisfy |
| grope | verb | He would grope in the dark for his knife. | feel or reach blindly |
| grotesque | adj. | The accident scene became a grotesque sight. | ludicrous, outlandish, or bizarre |
| growl | verb | The dog would growl as I approached. | low gutteral sound |
| grub | noun | A number of grubs lived in the vegetable patch. | thick wormlike larva |
| verb | We shall grub out the carrots with a stick. | dig up by roots | |
| grudge | noun | He had always had a grudge against them. | feeling of resentment, rancor |
| grunt | verb | The pig grunted as he ate. | utter deep, low sound |
| guild | noun | The salt guild mined salt on that area. | association of like minded tradesmen |
| guise | noun | Under the guise of helping they stole from us. | false appearance, pretense |
| gulp | noun | He was so thirsty, he gulped his drink. | swallow greedily or rapidly |
| habitation | noun | They chose the valley as a good location for habitation. | a place for a house |
| hack | verb | They hacked their way through the jungle. | chopped or cut |
| noun | He was known as a journalistic hack. | one who does distasteful job for money | |
| haggard | adj. | After six hours of climbing she had a haggard look. | appearing worn and exhausted |
| hallow | adj. | In the end it became hallowed ground. | set apart as sacred |
| hamlet | noun | The family lived in a desolate hamlet. | small village |
| hammock | noun | She lazily swung on the hammock. | hanging lounge of canvas or rope |
| handicap | noun | His bad leg became a handicap. | hindrance |
| noun | My golf handicap is 12 strokes. | means to equalize chances of winning | |
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