grapple V. /格斗，摔跤/wrestle; come to grips with. He grappled with the burglar and overpowered him.
grate V. /磨碎;惹恼;因摩擦发出的刺耳声音/make a harsh noise; have an unpleasant effect; shred. The screams of the quarreling children grated on her nerves.
gratify V. /取悦/please. Lori's parents were gratified by her successful performance on the SAT.
gratis ADJ. /免费的/free. The company offered to give one package gratis to every purchaser of one of their products. also ADJ.
gratuitous ADJ. /无条件的; 无理由的; 免费的/given freely; unwarranted; uncalled for. Quit making gratuitous comments about my driving; no one asked you for your opinion.
gravity N. /重力;严重，庄严，严肃/seriousness. We could tell we were in serious trouble from the gravity of the principal's expression. (secondary meaning) grave, ADJ.
gregarious ADJ. /社交的;群居/sociable. Typically, partygoers are gregarious; hermits are not.
grievance N. /委屈;冤情;不平/cause of complaint. When her supervisor ignored her complaint, she took her grievance to the union.
grill V. /盘问/question severely. In violation of the Miranda law, the police grilled the suspect for several hours before reading him his rights. (secondary meaning)
grimace N. /扭曲的脸;做鬼脸/a facial distortion to show feeling such as pain, disgust, etc. Even though he remained silent, his grimace indicated his displeasure. also V.
grisly ADJ. /毛骨悚然的;恐怖的，可怕的/ghastly. She shuddered at the grisly sight.
grouse V. /发牢骚/complain; fuss. Students traditionally grouse about the abysmal quality of "mystery meat" and similar dormitory food.
grotesque ADJ. /稀奇古怪的;怪异/fantastic; comically hideous. On Halloween people enjoy wearing grotesque costumes.
grove N. /小树林/group of trees (smaller than a forest); orchard. To the child, the small grove of oaks was as vast as Sherwood Forest, in which he played that legendary hero, Robin Hood.
grovel V. /趴，匍匐/crawl or creep on ground; remain prostrate. Even though we have been defeated, we do not have to grovel before our conquerors.
grudging ADJ. /不情愿;勉强/unwilling; reluctant; stingy. We received only grudging support from the mayor despite his earlier promises of aid.
gruel V. /稀粥;极度紧张/liquid food made by boiling oatmeal, etc., in milk or water. Our daily allotment of gruel made the meal not only monotonous but also unpalatable.
grueling ADJ. /重罚;使其筋疲力尽/exhausting. The marathon is a grueling race.
gruesome ADJ. /可怕的/grisly; horrible. His face was the stuff of nightmares: all the children in the audience screamed when Freddy Kruger's gruesome countenance was flashed on the screen.
gruff ADJ. /粗糙的;粗暴的/rough-mannered. Although he was blunt and gruff with most people, he was always gentle with children.
guffaw N. /狂笑，哄笑/boisterous laughter. The loud guffaws that came from the closed room indicated that the members of the committee had not yet settled down to serious business. also V.
guile N. /奸诈狡猾;诡计/deceit; duplicity; wiliness; cunning. lago uses considerable guile to trick Othello into believing that Desdemona has been unfaithful.
guileless ADJ. /诚实的/without deceit. He is naive, simple, and guileless; he cannot be guilty of fraud.
guise N. /外观;装束/appearance; costume. In the guise of a plumber, the detective investigated the murder case.
gullible ADJ. /易受骗的/easily deceived. Overly gullible people have only themselves to blame if they fall for con artists repeatedly. As the saying goes, "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me."
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