GRE Essential Vocabulary List- G

Gaffe- impropriety, clangor, solecism
Gag- quip, crack, jest, witticism
Gallant- brace, plucky, beau, chivalrous
Opp: cowardly
Galvanize- vitalize, dynamism, startle, impel
Gambit- stratagem, maneuver, trick, wheeze
Gambol- prance, frolic, cavort, bounce
Gargantuan- mammoth, humongous, massive
Opp: tiny
Gauzy- diaphanous, chiffony, wispy
Opp: opaque
Genial- gregarious, matey, affable, cordial
Opp: unfriendly
Generic- comprehensive, unbranded, non-specific
Opp: specific
Genre- stamp, ilk, sort, category
Genteel- correct, gracious, polite, gentlemanly
Opp: uncouth
Gesticulation- gesturing, signs, indication, wave
Germane- pertinent, relevant, akin, fitting
Opp: irrelevant
Ghastly- horrible, appalling, ashen, queasy
Opp: pleasant
Gibber- jabber, blabber, chunter, blether
Gigantic- monumental. Gargantuan, hulking, colossal
Opp: tiny
Glamorous- Beguiling, charismatic, glossy, ritzy
Opp: dowdy
Gloom- pessimism, dusk, despondency, melancholia
Opp: light
Glut- plethora, surfeit, saturate, deluge
Opp: dearth
Gluttonous- insatiable, voracious, gormandizing, greedy
Gobbledygook- poppycock, codswallop, gibberish, rubbish, blether
Goblin- pixie, dwarf, elf, brownie
Gossamer- gauze, chiffony, sheer, gauzy
Gouge- scrape, excavate, scoop, dig, gourmand, glutton, gut bucket
Gracious- decorous, indulgent, opulent, benign
Opp: rude
Grandeur- resplendence, stateliness, pomp, magnificence
Gratis- gratuitously, without charge, free of cost
Gregarious- warm, comradely, matey. Clubbable
Opp: unsociable
Grimace- scowl, lour, grin, sneer
Opp: smile
Grime- filth, gunge, grot, besmirch
Gritty- plucky, valiant, dogged, spunky
Gruff- brusque, hoarse, bearish, grouchy
Opp: soft
Guffaw- bellow, cackle, roar
Guile- duplicity, subterfuges, stratagems, artifice
Opp: honesty
Gullible- exploitable, dupable, credulous, naïve
Opp: suspicious
Gutsy- unflinching, indomitable, doubty, ballsy
Gyrate- swirl, whirl, swivel, twirl