Children's Illustrated Dictionary.

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gong
gongs noun
a metal disk
that you hit
to make
a loud noise.

good
adjective
1 pleasant or of high quality.
That was a good movie!
2 useful.
This knife is good for cutting.
3 kind or well-behaved.
A good child.
4 skillful.
She’s very good at math.
N comparisons better best

good-bye
interjection

a word that you say when
someone
leaves.

goods
noun
things that can be bought
and sold.

gorgeous

adjective

very nice to look at or taste.

The long, sandy beach looked

gorgeous in the photograph.

N say gor-jus

gorilla

gorillas noun

a large mammal covered in

dark hair that lives in rain

forests in Africa. Gorillas eat

fruits, nuts, and leaves. They

are the largest and strongest

apes in the world.

gossip

gossips gossiping gossiped verb

to talk about someone or

something without always

knowing whether what you

say is true or not.

People often gossip about

movie stars.

government

governments noun

a group of people who

run a country.

N say guv-ern-ment

govern verb

grab

grabs grabbing grabbed verb

to take hold of something in

a quick, rough way.

He grabbed his coat and ran to

the station.

graceful

adjective

moving in a

beautiful way.

Ballet dancers

are very

graceful.

gracefully adverb

grade

grades noun

1 a year at school

2 a mark to show how well

you have done in your

schoolwork.

grade verb

graffiti

noun

writing and drawing on walls

in public places.

N say gruh-fee-tee

grain

grains noun

1 a seed of a cereal crop

such as wheat or barley,

or a quantity of these seeds.

2 a small, hard piece

of something.

Sand is made up of many

tiny grains.

3 the pattern in wood.

different wood grains

grammar

noun

the rules for writing and

speaking a language.

grand

adjective

large and impressive.

The grand house had a huge,

iron gate.

N comparisons grander grandest

grand

baby

gorilla

barley grains

goose
geese noun
a large bird that lives on
or near water. Geese eat
grasses and grain. A male
goose is called a gander.
Some types of geese are kept
by farmers for their eggs,
meat, and feathers.

gorge

gorges noun

a deep,

narrow valley.