Today's words
1 greeting
There was a tinge of condescension in her greeting.
2 guideline
The guideline calls for students to respect labor work.
3 Guild
Guild membership held very different meanings for tailors and seamstresses.
4 grief
For months he was prostrated with grief.
5 guilt
He refused to admit his guilt.
6 grieve
I didn't have any time to grieve.
7 guilty
I felt a wee bit guilty about it.
8 grim
She looked grim.
9 grin
Mary gave her a sheepish grin.
10 Gulf
A crisis was rapidly developing in the Gulf.
11 grind
There was an old mill that really did grind corn.
12 gum
I do not chew gum in public.
13 grip
He kept a tight grip on her arm.
14 groan
She heard him let out a pitiful, muffled groan.
15 gut
She trusts her gut and her decision.
16 grocer
At the other end of the social scale was the grocer.
17 grope
I'm a writer, yet I grope for the right words.
18 gym / gymnasium
I have found a new gymnasium.
19 gross
Gross sales reached nearly $2 million a year.
20 ground
The ground was soft and spongy.
21 habitat
The panda's natural habitat is the bamboo forest.
22 hail
It started to hail, huge great stones.
23 grown-up
They have three grown-up sons.
24 growth
Economic growth has slowed a little.
25 halt
The United Nations has pleaded for a halt to the bombing.
26 harm
He would never harm anyone.
27 hammer
He hit the nail squarely on the head with the hammer.
28 harness
You can easily harness the power of both.
29 hamper
He tossed his damp towel into the laundry hamper.
30 harsh
His voice was harsh and unmusical.
31 harvest
The poor harvest caused prices to rise sharply.
32 handbook
She is reading a handbook on gardening.
33 haste
She made haste to open the door.
34 handful
A handful of onlookers stand in the field watching.
35 hasty
Let's not make any hasty decisions.
36 handicap
Being a foreigner was not a handicap.
37 handkerchief
The handkerchief is edged with lace.
38 hatch
He stuck his head up through the hatch.
39 hatred
Often her feelings were nearer hatred than love.
40 handwriting
Can anyone decipher his handwriting?
41 haul
A crane had to be used to haul the car out of the stream.
42 handy
Don't throw that away—it might come in handy.
43 hay
He drove by with a big load of hay.
44 hazard
Rock stars now face a new hazard—voice abuse.
45 harassment
The harassment had become too much to tolerate and he decided to move out.
46 harbour
The harbour has now silted up.
47 headmaster
She passed a cup of tea to the headmaster.
48 condemned
They were condemned to a life of hardship.
49 headquarters
The warning was radioed to headquarters.
50 heal
He's going to be just fine. At his age he'll heal in no time.