voracious, gluttonous, rapacious; insatiate.
greedy-gut, n. (Low) glutton, gormand.
Greek, a. Grecian, Hellenic.
Greek, n. Grecian, Hellene; Romaic, Hellenic, Neo-Hellenic.
Greek, n. (Colloq.) mystery.
green, a. verdant, emerald, virid, virescent; immature, unripe; raw,
untrained, callow, unsophisticated, awkward, inexperienced, unskilled,
undisciplined, gullible; unseasoned; fresh, undecayed. Antonyms: sear,
parched, seasoned, ripe, experienced, veteran.
greenhorn, n. (Colloq.) tyro, novice, gull, dupe, yahoo, gudgeon.
greenhouse, n. conservatory.
green manuring. sideration.
greenness, n. verdancy, viridity, verdure; rawness, immaturity,
unripeness; inexperience, unsophisticatedness, gullibility..
greensand, n. marl.
green-sickness, n. chlorosis.
greet, v. address, salute, hail, accost.
greeting, n. salutation, salute.
grief, n. anguish, sorrow, heartbreak, regret, remorse, dolor,
misery, heartache, woe, tribulation, rue, affliction, bereavement, trial,
adversity, distress, grievance.
grievance, n. wrong, injustice, resentment, trouble, complaint,
gravamen (Law).
grieve, v. mourn, regret, lament, rue, weep, sorrow, bewail, deplore;
wound, afflict, try, distress, pain.
grievous, a. afflictive, distressing, deplorable, lamentable,
painful; heinous, atrocious, flagitious, outrageous, flagrant, egregious,
nefarious; plaintive, pitiful.
grill, n. gridiron, broiler.
grilling, n. broiling, grillade.
grimy, a. begrimed.
grind, v. crush, powder, pulverize, comminute, bruise, bray,
triturate, levigate; harass, persecute, oppress.
grind, n. grinding, pulverization; (Slang) drudgery; (Slang) dig.
grinder, n. abradant.
grinding, n. pulverization, trituration, crushing,
levigation.--a. abradant.
grinding stone. millstone, muller, metate.
grip, n. clutch, grasp; (Colloq.) grippe.
grip, n. (Colloq.) gripsack, valise, satchel, traveling-bag.
grip, v. seize, clutch, grasp, clinch.
gripes, n. pl. colic.
griping, n. gripes, colic.
grippe, n. influenza.
gristle, n. cartilage.
gristly, a. cartilaginous.
grit, n. firmness, resolution, courage, fortitude, spirit,
determination.
gritty, a. sandy; (Colloq.) unyielding, plucky, spirited,
determined, resolute.
grizzly bear. Ephraim (Hunter's name).
groan, n. and v. moan.
grogblossom, n. rosedrop, rosy whelk.
grogshop, n. dramshop, saloon.
groom, n. valet; hostler, stable-man; bridegroom.
groove, n.
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