Vocabulary Words | Meanings |
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grade | a way of deciding how good something is. If one kind of apple is better than another, it will be graded higher |
gradual | happening slowly, a bit at a time |
graduate | holder of university degree |
grain | the seeds of some plants that are used as food. The same word also means a very small piece of something hard, like a grain of sand |
grammar | the study of the way people put words together when they speak or write |
gramme | a very small weight, the thousandth part of a kilogramme |
gramophone | an instrument on which you can play records of music or words; another word for record-player |
grand | important; large; splendid |
grandfather | the father of your mother or father |
grandmother | the mother of your mother and father |
granite | a very hard rock used for buildings and for kerbstones |
grant | to give, to allow as a favour |
grape | green, purple or red fruit that grows in bunches on a vine |
graph | a diagram, usually on squared paper, that shows how a series of measurements changes |
graphefruit | a round fruit like large orange with a yellow skin and a sharp taste |
grasp | to seize and hold tightly |
grass | a low green plant which has many thin leaves and covers fields and lawns |
grass-snake | a small and harmless snake |
grasshopper | a hopping, leaping insect. It makes a chirping noise by rubbing its wings or legs together |
grate | a framework of iron for holding a fire in a fireplace. The same word also means to rub something, such as a piece of cheese, against a rough surface to reduce it to small particles |
grateful | giving thanks, thankful |
grave | very serious. The same word also means a hole in the ground where a dead person is buried |
gravel | lots of little pebbles which can be used to make paths |
graze | to eat grass. The same word also means to scrape the skin |
grease | a thick oily substance; softened animal fat |
great | large; big. The same word also means important or famous |
greed | a great longing to have more of something, even though you already have enough |
green | the colour of grass in springtime |
greengrocer | a man who sells vegetables and fruit |
greenhouse | a glass house where plants are grown |
greet | to welcome; to speak to someone when you meet |
greeting | a welcome; a kind which often written on a birthday or Christmas card |
grey | the colour of the sky when there is no sun |
greyhound | a very thin dog with long legs, used for racing |
grief | great sadness |
grieve | to be very sad about something; to be very unhappy |
grim | stern, unsmiling, and often cruel |
grin | to smile broadly |
grind | to crush something into a powder. The same word also means to rub together, like grinding your teeth |
grip | to hold on to something tightly |
groan | a deep unhappy sound of pain or sorrow |
grocer | a man who sells many kinds of food and household supplies |
grope | search blindly |
gross | very fat or big. The same word also means 12 dozengross |
ground | the earth we walk on |
groundsheet | a waterproof sheet which you lie on when you camp |
group | a number of people or things together in one place |
grove | a small wood, a few trees |
grow | to get bigger |
growl | to make a low rumbling noise deep down in the throat, dogs and lions growl when they are angry or afraid |
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