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Gratuitous
- Adjective
- Uncalled for given the situation; done without good reason
- Not called for by the circumstances : not necessary, appropriate or justified : UNWARRANTED
- A gratuitous insult
- A gratuitous assumption
Gambit
- Noun
- Move in which you risk something up front in the hopes of future gain
- Once again my brother got a free lunch by performing his gambit of leaving his purse at home
Genial
- Adjective
- Friendly and cheerful
- She will be your genial host for this week
- Gracious, Cordial, Affable, Genial, Sociable
Glower
- To have an angry or sullen look
- To glower is to look at someone in a hostile way
- To give someone a dirty look
Grouse
- Verb
- To complain or grumble, usually about something unimportant
- Complain , Grumble
- Groused about the higher prices
Idioms and Phrases
To lose heart
- To become discouraged
- The revolutionaries lost heart after their leader was killed
To laugh in one’s sleeves
- To laugh secretly
- He laughed in his sleeves during the party
Live wire
- A person who is enthusiastic and energetic
Magnum opus
- Great work; a masterpiece
- Gulliver’s Travels was a magnum opus of Jonathan Swift
Moonshine
- Foolish talk or ideas
- To complete so much of work in one day is just moonshine.
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