The Wrong Word Dictionary by Dave Dowling

Author:Dave Dowling
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Marion Street Press, LLC
Published: 2011-05-14T04:00:00+00:00

Grateful, Gratified, Gratuitous

Grateful means to feel gratitude.

Many parents are grateful for the principal’s intervention.

Gratified means to give pleasure or satisfy.

Walter’s achievements in high school gratified his parents.

Gratuitous means free, unjustified, or unwanted.

His gratuitous advice on writing bored the veteran journalists.

Great Britain, British Isles, United Kingdom

See entry for British Isles, Great Britain, United Kingdom.

Greave, Grieve

Greave is the medieval piece of armor covering the lower leg.

Before battle, the greave was fastened to the knight’s leg.

Grieve means to cause distress or sorrow.

When notified of his termination, he began to grieve.

Grisly, Gristly, Grizzled, Grizzly

Grisly means ghastly or gruesome.

The prosecutor painted a grisly picture of the event.

Gristly means composed of or containing gristle.

The children gave the dog the gristly end to chew.

Grizzled means partly gray or streaked with gray.

Our leader today is a grizzled veteran of many mountain climbs.

Grizzly is a bear.

The grizzly bear is the greatest symbol of the wilderness.

Guarantee, Guaranty

Guarantee, a noun or verb, refers to assurance or security.

The store offers a one-year guarantee on the used appliance.

The manufacturer guarantees the stove for one year.

Guaranty, a noun, also means assurance or security.

The salesperson’s record is a guaranty of his honesty with clients.

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