English to English Dictionary

Gentile

A person who is not Jewish.

Gentrification

The process whereby the character of a poor urban area is changed by wealthier people moving in, improving housing, and attracting new businesses, typically displacing current inhabitants in the process.

Geographic image

A visual representation, such as a photograph, map, satellite scan, or digital rendering, depicting a specific location or region of the Earth.

Geolocation

The process or technique of identifying the real-world geographic location of an object, such as a radar source, mobile phone, or computer terminal.

Geometry

The branch of mathematics concerned with the properties and relations of points, lines, surfaces, solids, and higher dimensional analogs.

Giggle

To laugh lightly in a nervous, affected, or silly manner.

Gist

The substance or general meaning of a speech, text, or conversation; what someone is fundamentally trying to convey.

Glamor

An attractive and exciting quality that makes certain people or things seem appealing or special.

Glamorize

To make something appear glamorous, exciting, or attractive, often exaggerating its positive qualities or concealing its negative aspects.

Glass

A hard, brittle, typically transparent or translucent substance made by fusing sand with soda and lime.

Glassy

Resembling glass in smoothness, shininess, transparency, or brittleness.

Gloom

Partial or total darkness.