gustatory
affecting the sense of taste
guileless
adj. free of cunning or deceit
grouse
v. to complain
grandiloquent
adj. pompous; bombastic
gossamer
adj. sheer; light and delicate, like cobwebs
glib
adj. fluent in an insincere way; offhand
gerrymander
v. to divide an area into voting districts in a way that favours a
political party
geniality
n. cheerfulness; kindliness; sociability
gauche
adj. coarse and uncouth; clumsy
garrulous
adj. very talkative; wordy
gambol
v. to frolic; leap playfully
gainsay
v. to deny; dispute; oppose
fulsome
adj. so excessive to be disgusting
fulminate
v. to attack loudly; denounce
froward
adj. stubbornly contrary; obstinately disobedient
frieze
n. ornamental band on the wall
fresco
n. a painting done on plaster
fracas
n. a loud quarrel; brawl
fracticious
adj; quarrelsome; unruly; rebellious
forbearance
n. patience
foment
v. to incite; arrouse
flout
v. to treat scornfully
florid
adj. ruddy; reddish; flowery
flag
v. to droop; grow weak
fetter
v. to bind; confine
fiat
n. arbitrary order; authorization
fallow
adj. plowed but not sowed; uncultivated
fatuous
adj. foolishly self satisfied
felicitous
adj. suitably expressed; appropriate; well chosen
fallacious
adj. based on false idea or fact; misleading
factotum
n. a person who does all sorts of work; a handyman
facetious
adj. humerous
extrinsic
adj. not inherent or essential
extirpate
v. to root up; to destroy
extemporaneous
adj. unrehearsed
expository
adj. explanatory
explicate
v. to explain; interpret; clarify
expiate
v. to atone for
exact
v. to force payment of; demand and obtain by authority
exculpate
v. to clear of blame; vindicate
execrapable
adj. detestable; abhorrent
exigency
n. crisis; urgent requirements
expatiate
v. to speak or write at length
expatriate
v. to send into exile
evocation
adj. tending to call to mind or produce a reaction
evince
v. to show plainly; be an indication of
etiology
n. cause or origins
estimable
adj. admirable; possible to estimate
essay
v. to make an attempt; subject to a test
esoteric
adj. hard to understand; known to only a few
erudite
adj. learned; scholarly
equivocate
v. to intentionally use vague language
equanimity
n. composure; calmness
equable
adj. steady; unvarying; serene
epistemology
n. branch of philosophy that examines the nature of knowledge
ephemeral
adj. short-lived; fleeting