| Vocabulary Words | Meanings |
|---|---|
| girder | a long heavy piece for metal or wood used to strengthen buildings, bridges and parts of railways |
| girl | a female child; a child who grows up to be woman |
| glacier | a mess of ice that moves very slowly down a mountainside |
| glad | pleased; happy |
| glance | a quick look |
| glare | a dazzling bright light. The same word also means to stare angrily at someone |
| glass | a hard materiel you can see through. Windows are made of glass |
| gleam | to shine, but not brightly. Old metal gleams when it is polished |
| glide | to move smoothly and easily; to flow gently |
| glider | a light aeroplane which can fly for some time without an engine after being launched |
| glimmer | to shine faintly and unsteadily |
| glimpse | a very brief sight of someone or something |
| glint | to gleam or glimmer |
| glisten | to shine or gleam |
| glitter | to sparkle, to reflect light brightly |
| globe | a round object, like a ball or the world |
| gloomy | dark; dim: miserable; the oppsite of cheerful |
| glove | a covering for the hand. It fits around each finger |
| glow | to burn without flames; to give out a steady light |
| glue | a strong paste which sticks things together |
| glutton | a person who is greedy and eats too much |
| gnarled | twisted and lumpy, like the trunk of a very old tree |
| gnat | a small flying insect which stings |
| gnaw | to wear something away by scraping at it with teeth, as when a dog gnaws at a bone |
| go | to start off or move |
| goal | a kind of target. In football you have to kick the ball into the goal which is the space between two posts |
| goat | an animal rather like a sheep. It usually has horns and a little beard |
| gobble | to swallow food quickly without chewing it |
| goblet | a kind of drinking cup with no handle |
| goblin | a mischievous elf or fairy |
| God | the Creator of everything |
| gold | a yellow shiny metal which is worth a lot of money |
| golden | the colour of gold; made of gold |
| goldfish | a small fish often kept as a pet. It is usually a pretty reddish-gold colour |
| golf | a game which is played with a small white ball and a set of long-handled clubs |
| good | right or satisfactory; kind; nice |
| goodbye | a word said to someone who is just going away |
| goodness | the act of being good or kind |
| goods | things bought and sold |
| goose | a big bird, like a duck with a long neck |
| gooseberry | the fruit of the gooseberry bush. It is usually green with a rather hairy skin |
| gorgeous | splendid; magnificent; richly coloured and beautiful |
| gorilla | the largest kind of ape. It lives in Africa |
| gossip | chatter about other people, sometimes spiteful and unkind |
| govern | to rule or control |
| government | a group of people who have the power to make laws and decide what is best for the country |
| gown | a woman’s dress. The same word also means a long loose-fitting robe or cloak |
| grab | to seize hold of something suddenly |
| graceful | easy and smooth in movement; the opposite of clumsy |
| gracious | kind; charming |
Non-defining relative clause
Non-defining relative clauses are placed after nouns which are definite already.
The adjective clause which does not define the noun before it but gives additional information about the noun is called the non-defining relative clause.