71 Single And General Words for Many Kinds of People (G) Vocabulary Builder

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1. A person (usually woman) who loves to go visiting rather than work at home = * gad-about; (gad = to wander without purpose / to go from place to place looking for amusement)

2. An old woman — (especially one in village) = * gaffer

3. A group of beautiful women or famous men = * galaxy; (the part of the sky which is brightest with stars)

4. A well-dressed man with fine manners = * (a) gallant or gall’ant; (brave; attending ladies in polite way / a lover)

5. One sent to be a slave on a war-ship = * (a) galley-slave; (galley = an ancient war-ship)(galley proofs = long pieces of paper containing the first printing of a book to be corrected/ship’s galley = ship’s kitchen)

6. A person who ought to be hanged = * gallows-bird; (gallows = a wooden framework for killing wrong- doers by hanging them by the neck)

7. One who prevents outsiders from shooting birds and animals, eg. on the lands of the lord = * (a) gamekeeper

8. A person with a fighting spirit = * (a) game person

9. One who plays cards or other games for money = * gamester

10. A street boy usually bad mannered = * gamin

11. A number of men working together = * gang; (a group of law-breakers / Sl.a group of friends)

12. A member of a group of law-breakers — especially in (USA) = * gangster

13. A person not to give up certain money or goods = * garnishee; (garnish = to put on ornaments / [in law] to warn)

14. The soldiers who live in and guard a town = * garrison; (to garrison = to put soldiers in town/Garrison artillery = heavy guns used to defend a city)

15. A very unskillful person = * gawk; (a tall over-grown youth)

16. (Sl.) Old person = * (old) geezer

17. A girl in Japan who sings & dance to amuse the public = * geisha

18. A very good person = * (a)gem; (Sl. She is a gem/gem = a jewel)

19. An armed officer of the law in France = * gendrame

20. A high officer of the army = * general; (having to do with all or the whole;common; eg. A general experience;A general servant/n.generality/generally = in a general way; usually/generalize = to make very wide in meaning; to make wide spread;to say something which is true of all persons or things)

21. (Sl.) Gentleman = * gent

22. A man born of a good family an (usually)having enough money to live as one of the upper classes = * gentleman, (a man of good taste and manners)

23. A soldier who offers his services to any employer = * gentleman of fortune

24. A lady of good birth and manners = * gentlewoman

25. The people of high rank below the title people = * gentry

26. Theives = * (light-fingered ) gentry

27. One who studies geology = * geologist; (geology = the study of rocks and the surface of the earth so as to learn its history and how it was formed / adj.geological)

28. A person who writes a book for a well-known man and lets the other pretend that he has written it = * ghost; (the spirit of a dead person appearing to the living;a shadowy likeness of a thing/A ghost of a smile = a very faint smile/Give up the ghost = die/Haven’t a ghost of a chance = no chance)

29. A person who delights in terrible things = * ghoul; (an evil spirit which feeds on the dead)

30. A person of more than ordinary, or human, size = * giant, (a very large powerful Peron in fairy stories)

31. A man who dances with ladies for payment = * gigolo

32. A helper in fishing or hunting in Scotland  = * gillie

33. A member of a wandering race which lives in covered carts and is always moving about = * gipsy, gypsy

34. A young female = * girl, (a young female servant)

35. A trained fighter of ancient Rome who fought with men or animals for public amusement = * gladiator

36. A man or woman(especially woman) who play love making = (a)flirt; (to move or shake quickly,eg.1. wings, a bird’s tail / 2.to play at love making/ a flirtation = lovemaking (not serious) / adj. flirtatious)

37. One who fixes glass into windows = * glazier;(to glaze = to fix glass into/to cover with shining surface like glass /to become glassy, eg. His eyes was glazed in death/glaze = any paint-like liquid used to give a glassy surface)

38. One who makes arrangement for matters between people who do not meet = * go-between

39. People other than real father & mother those agree to help their god-child to grow up well and become a good person,(when a Christian child is given a name) = * god-father & god-mother

40. One who makes things of gold = * goldsmith

41. One who rows a gondola = *gondolier; (gondola = a long narrow boat with high end used in Venice)

42.  (Sl.) An unwanted third person walking or sitting with two lovers = * gooseberry, (a small round fruit which grows on a bush)

43. One who loves food and eats too much = * gormand ; (gormandize=to eat too much)

44. One who loves good food and eat too much = * gourmand

45. One who takes great interest in food and chooses his food very carefully = * gourmet

46. That body of people which rules a country = * government

47. A man appointed by a Government to rule any part of country = * governor; (an instrument in an engine which controls the speed)

48. A woman who teach and takes charge of young children = * governess

49. One who has finished a course of study at a University(Am.at any school) = * graduate

50. One’s father’s or mother’s father = * grandfather

51. One’s son’s son, one’s daughter’s son = * grandson

52. A ruler of certain small countries = * Grand-duke

53. A nobleman of high rank= * grandee

54. An old woman = * granny, (one’s father’s or mother’s mother)

55. A wife whose husband is away = * grass widow

56. A man in charge of cattle in the field = * grazier, (one who keeps cattle/graze = to feed on grass,as sheep to//to pass or rub lightly along a surface)

57. Mother’s mother’s mother = * great-grandmother

58. One who sells fruit and vegetables = * greengrocer

59. A soldier = * grenadier

60. An old man = * greybeard

61. One who sells dry and tinned food,soap, candles,etc. = * grocer; (groceries = such goods/Am. groceteria = a food shop where one serves oneself and pays coming out)

62. A servant in charge of horses = * groom; (a man just about to be married/to groom [a horse] = to brush & clean/ well groomed [man] = looking neat & clean)

63. A number of person(or objects) in one place,or gathered for a special purpose = * group, (a class or kind)

64. A person who watch or defends = * guard; (a soldier of the home army / a thing which prevents damage//to watch against danger or surprise/to defend against attack)

65. One who guards = * guardian, (one who has charge of)

66. A visitor = * guest, (one who stays for a meal or sleeps in the house;any invited person)

67. A group joined together for trade or other purposes = * guild

68. An easily deceived person =* gull; (gull = to deceive//a large sea-bird / gullible = easily deceived)

69. A teacher = * guru; (a family priest in India)

70. One who is good at gymnastics = * gymnast;(gymnastics=exercises for making the body strong & graceful / gymnasium = 1. a large room in which gymnastics are done / 2.a high school in Germany, Holland,etc.)

71. A male servant at Oxford or Cambridge University = * gyp; (To give him gyp = to punish or give pain to/ Am . Sl. I have been gypped = deceived)  

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