Gaunt - 1. Extremely thin and bony; haggard and drawn, as from great hunger, weariness of torture; emaciated: The dog didn't get a great nutrition so he was very gaunt. 2. Bleak, desolate or grim, as in places or things: The landscape looked very gaunt after the tornado swept through.
Garrulous - 1. Excessively talkative in a rambling, roundabout manner, esp. about trivial matters: She was unable to sleep on the flight because of the garrulous passenger sitting beside her. 2. Wordy or diffuse: He gave a garrulous and boring speech.
Glean - 1. To gather slowly and laboriously, bit by bit. 2. To gather (grain or the like) after the reapers or regular gatherers. 3. To learn, discover, or find out, usually little by little or slowly: John gleaned enough information from the paragraph to write an answer.
Grapple - 1. To struggle with somebody in a close hand-to-hand fight 3. To struggle to deal with something or comprehend something: Paleontologist, historians and little children love to grapple with why dinosaurs became extinct. 4. To seize another or each other, in a firm grip, as in wrestling; clinch; The crocodile grappled him around the neck.
Gregarious - 1. Fond of the company of others; sociable: People agree that most dogs are gregarious. 2. Living in flocks or herds, as animals.
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