garbage
garbage: n.
1 a refuse, filth. b domestic waste.
2 foul or rubbishy literature etc. øgarbage can US a dustbin. [AF: orig. unkn.]

geographic
geographic: var. of GEOGRAPHICAL.

gleam
gleam: n. & v. --n.
1 a faint or brief light (a gleam of sunlight).
2 a faint, sudden, intermittent, or temporary show (not a gleam of hope). --v.intr.
1 emit gleams.
2 shine with a faint or intermittent brightness.
3 (of a quality) be indicated (fear gleamed in his eyes). øøgleamingly adv. gleamy adj. [OE glóm: cf. GLIMMER]

graffito
graffito: n. (pl. graffiti.
1 (usu. in pl.) a piece of writing or drawing scribbled, scratched, or sprayed on a surface. °Not a mass noun in this sense, and so a plural construction is needed, e.g. graffiti are (not is) an art form.
2 Art a form of decoration made by scratches on wet plaster, showing a different-coloured under-surface. [It. f. graffio a scratch]

gathering
gathering: n.
1 an assembly or meeting.
2 a purulent swelling.
3 a group of leaves taken together in bookbinding.

guilty
guilty: adj. (guiltier, guiltiest.
1 culpable of or responsible for a wrong.
2 conscious of or affected by guilt (a guilty conscience; a guilty look).
3 concerning guilt (a guilty secret).
4 a (often foll. by of) having committed a (specified) offence. b Law adjudged to have committed a specified offence, esp. by a verdict in a trial. øøguiltily adv. guiltiness n. [OE gyltig (as GUILT, -Y(1))]

graphic
graphic: adj. & n. --adj.
1 of or relating to the visual or descriptive arts, esp. writing and drawing.
2 vividly descriptive.
3 (of minerals) showing marks like writing on the surface or in a fracture.
4 = GRAPHICAL. --n. a product of the graphic arts (cf. GRAPHICS). øgraphic arts the visual and technical arts involving design, writing, drawing, printing, etc. graphic equalizer a device for the separate control of the strength and quality of selected frequency bands. øøgraphically adv. graphicness n. [L graphicus f. Gk graphikos f. graphe writing]

glamour
glamour: n. & v. (US glamor) --n.
1 physical attractiveness, esp. when achieved by make-up etc.
2 alluring or exciting beauty or charm (the glamour of New York). --v.tr.
1 poet. affect with glamour; bewitch; enchant.
2 colloq. make glamorous. øcast a glamour over enchant. glamour girl (or boy) an attractive young woman (or man), esp. a model etc. øøglamorous adj. glamorously adv. [18th c.: var. of GRAMMAR, with ref. to the occult practices associated with learning in the Middle Ages]

guinea
guinea: n.
1 Brit. hist. the sum of 21 old shillings (ø1.05), used esp. in determining professional fees.
2 hist. a former British gold coin worth 21 shillings, first coined for the African trade. øguinea-fowl any African fowl of the family Numididae, esp. Numida meleagris, with slate-coloured white-spotted plumage. guinea-pi.
1 a domesticated S. American cavy, Cavia porcellus, kept as a pet or for research in biology etc.
2 a person or thing used as a subject for experiment. [Guinea in W. Africa]

generation
generation: n.
1 all the people born at a particular time, regarded collectively (my generation; the rising generation).
2 a single step in descent or pedigree (have known them for three generations).
3 a stage in (esp. technological) development (fourth-generation computers).
4 the average time in which children are ready to take the place of their parents (usu. reckoned at about 30 years).
5 production by natural or artificial process, esp. the production of electricity or heat.
6 a procreation; the propagation of species. b the act of begetting or being begotten. øgeneration gap differences of outlook or opinion between those of different generations. øøgenerational adj. [ME f. OF f. L generatio -onis (as GENERATE)]

grammar
grammar: n.
1 a the study or rules of a language's inflections or other means of showing the relation between words, including its phonetic system. b a body of form and usages in a specified language (Latin grammar).
2 a person's manner or quality of observance or application of the rules of grammar (bad grammar).
3 a book on grammar.
4 the elements or rudiments of an art or science.
5 Brit. colloq. = grammar school. øgrammar schoo.
1 Brit. esp. hist. a selective State secondary school with a mainly academic curriculum.
2 Brit. hist. a school founded in or before the 16th c. for teaching Latin, later becoming a secondary school teaching academic subjects.
3 US a school intermediate between primary and high school. øøgrammarless adj. [ME f. AF gramere, OF gramaire f. L grammatica f. Gk grammatike (tekhne) (art) of letters f. gramma -atos letter of the alphabet]

greatly
greatly: adv. by a considerable amount; much (greatly admired; greatly superior).

groom
groom: n. & v. --n.
1 a person employed to take care of horses.
2 = BRIDEGROOM.
3 Brit. Mil. any of certain officers of the Royal Household. --v.tr.
1 a curry or tend (a horse). b give a neat appearance to (a person etc.).
2 (of an ape or monkey etc.) clean and comb the fur (of its fellow) with the fingers.
3 prepare or train (a person) for a particular purpose or activity (was groomed for the top job). [ME, orig. = boy: orig. unkn.]

genius
genius: n. (pl. geniuses or genii.
1 (pl. geniuses) a an exceptional intellectual or creative power or other natural ability or tendency. b a person having this.
2 the tutelary spirit of a person, place, institution, etc.
3 a person or spirit regarded as powerfully influencing a person for good or evil.
4 the prevalent feeling or associations etc. of a nation, age, etc. [L (in sense 2) f. the root of gignere beget]

geriatric
geriatric: adj. & n. --adj.
1 of or relating to old people.
2 colloq. old, outdated. --n.
1 an old person, esp. one receiving special care.
2 colloq. a person or thing considered as relatively old or outdated. [Gk geras old age + iatros doctor]