® Frantic: wild: At the time of the collision, many people became frantic with fear.
® Fraudulent: cheating, deceitful: The government seeks to prevent fraudulent and misleading advertising.
® Frenzied: madly excited: As soon as the smelled smoke, the frenzied animals milled about in their cages.
® Friction: clash in opinion, rubbing against: At this time when harmony is essential, we cannot afford to have any friction in our group.
® Fulminate: thunder, explode: The people against whom he fulminated were innocent of any wrongdoing.
® Galvanize: stimulate by shock, stir up: In 1995 entire nation was galvanized into strong military activity by the news of Indian attack.
® Generality: vague statement: This report is filled with generalities; you must be more specific in your statements.
® Geniality: cheerfulness, kindliness, sympathy: This restaurant is famous and popular because of the geniality of the proprietor who tries to make everyone happy.
® Ghastly: horrible: He made a ghastly mistake.
® Gist: essence: She was asked to give the gist of the essay in two sentences.
® Glossary: brief explanation of words used in the text: I have found the glossary in this book very useful; it has eliminated many trips to the dictionary
® Glut: overstock, fill to excess: They glutted the market with apples.
® Gregarious: sociable: He was not gregarious and preferred to be alone most of the time.
® Grimace: a facial distortion to show feeling such as pain, disgust, etc.: Even though he remained silent, his grimace indicated his displeasure.
® Gruesome: horrible: People screamed when his gruesome appearance was flashed on the screen.
® Gruff: rough-mannered: Although he was blunt and gruff with most people, he was always gentle with children.
® Guile: deceit, duplicity: He achieved his high position by guile and treachery.
® Haggard: wasted away, gaunt: After his long illness he was pale and haggard.
® Haggle: argue about prices: She was haggling with the shopkeeper over the price of cloth.
® Hallucination: a vision or illusion of something which does not exist: I think you were frightened by a hallucination which you created in your own mind.
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