| gigantic
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| huge or enormous.
| A gigantic house with 20 bedrooms.
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| giggle
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| to laugh in a nervous or silly way.
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| gill
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| the organ that a fish uses to breathe
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| gimmick
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| a way of making people aware of something or somebody.
| Free gifts are often given away as a gimmick to draw attention to a new product.
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| ginger
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| a spicy root that is used to add flavor to food.
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| giraffe
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| a very tall mammal that lives on dry plains in Africa.
| Giraffes eat leaves on trees, which they can reach with their long necks.
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| girl
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| a young female person.
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| give
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| to let somebody have something.
| He gave her a book as a prize.
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| glacier
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| a huge river of ice that moves very slowly
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| glad
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| pleased and happy.
| I am glad to be back home.
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| gladiator
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| a man who was trained to fight as entertainment for spectators in ancient Rome.
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| glance
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| to take a quick look at something.
| She glanced at the clock to see if it was time to go out.
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| gland
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| one of the parts of your body that makes the chemicals your body needs.
| Glands near your eyes make tears.
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| glare
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| to look at someone in an angry way.
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| glass
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| a transparent, fragile substance that is used to make things such as windows and bottles.
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| glasses
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| a pair of lenses in frames.
| a pair of lenses in frames. People wear glasses to help them see better.
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| gleam
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| to shine or glow.
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| glider
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| a very light aircraft with no motor that flies using air currents.
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| glimpse
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| to see something or someone for just a few moments.
| He glimpsed his friend in the crowd.
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| glitter
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| to shine with a bright, sparkling light.
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| globe
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| the world, or a model of the world.
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| gloomy
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| dull and dark.
| A gloomy winter day.
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| glossy
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| shiny
| Glossy paper.
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| glove
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| a piece of clothing that you wear on your hands.
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| glow
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| to give off a steady light.
| The fire glowed brightly in the dark.
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| glue
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| a substance that is used to stick things together.
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| gnat
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| a small, biting insect with wings and long, fine legs.
| A mosquito is a type of gnat.
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| gnaw
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| to chew something.
| The mouse gnawed the wood.
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| goal
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| the target that you have to aim the ball at in some games.
| An ice hockey goal.
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| goat
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| a mammal with horns from the same animal group as sheep.
| Goats eat grass and other plants and are often kept on farms for their milk. A baby goat is called a kid.
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