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Barron GRE word list - G gadfly animal-biting fly; irritating person gaffe social blunder gainsay deny gait manner of walking or running; speed galaxy large isolated system of stars, such as the Milky Way; collection of brilliant personalities gale windstorm; gust of wind; emotional outburst ; Ex. gale of laughter gall annoy; exasperate; chafe; N: skin sore caused by rubbing ; exasperation galleon large three-masted sailing ship galley low ship with sails gallows framework from which a noose is suspended galvanic of the production of electricity by the action of an acid on a metal; having the effect of an electric shock; Ex. galvanic cell; galvanic effect; CF. Luigi Galvani galvanize stimulate or shock by an electric current; stimulate by shock; shock into action; stir up; coat with rust-resistant zinc by using electricity gambit opening in chess in which a piece is sacrificed; action made to produce a future advantage | 
