| The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002. |
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- Gang of Four
- gangrene
- garbage in, garbage out
- Garbo, Greta
- García Márquez, Gabriel
- Garfield, James A.
- gargoyle
- Garibaldi, Giuseppe
- Garrison, William Lloyd
- Garvey, Marcus
- gas
- gasohol
- gastric
- gastroenterology
- gastrointestinal tract
- Gates, Bill
- Gather ye rosebuds while ye may
- Gauguin, Paul
- Gawain, Sir
- gay
- gay rights
- Gaza Strip
- Gehrig, Lou
- geisha
- gel electrophoresis
- gender
- gender gap
- gene
- gene amplification
- gene mapping
- gene patent
- gene pool
- general anesthetic
- general strike
- generating plant
- generation gap
- generator
- Genesis
- gene splicing
- gene therapy
- genetically modified organism
- genetic code
- genetic counseling
- genetic drift
- genetic engineering
- genetics
- genetic testing
- Geneva
- Geneva Conventions
- Genghis Khan
- genitals
- genital stage
- Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration
- genocide
- genome
- genomics
- genotype
- genre
- Gentile
- genus
- geological cycle
- geology
- geometric progression
- geometry
- geophysics
- George and the Dragon, Saint
- George III
- Georgia
- Georgia
- geosynchronous satellite
- geothermal energy
- German measles
- Germany
- germs
- germ warfare
- Geronimo
- gerontocracy
- gerontology
- gerrymander
- Gershwin, George
- gerund
- gestalt psychology
- Gestapo
- Gesundheit
- get a dose of one’s own medicine
- get down to brass tacks
- get in somebody’s hair
- get one’s dander up
- get someone’s goat
- get something off one’s chest
- Get thee behind me, Satan
- Get thee to a nunnery
- Gettysburg Address
- Gettysburg, Battle of
- get under one’s skin
- get up on the wrong side of the bed
- Ghana
- ghettos
- ghost town
- Gibbon, Edward
- GI Bill
- Gibraltar
- “The Gift of the Magi”
- GI Joe
- Gilbert and Sullivan
- gilded cage
- gild the lily
- Gilman, Charlotte P.
- Ginsberg, Allen
- Giotto
- Girl Scouts of the United States of America
- Give him enough rope and he’ll hang himself
- Give me liberty or give me death
- Give me your tired, your poor
- give than to receive, It is more blessed to
- Give the devil his due
- glacier
- glad-hander
- Gladstone, William Ewart
- glands
- Glasgow
- glasnost
- glass ceiling
- glaucoma
- global economy
- global positioning system
- global village
- global warming
- Globe Theater
- Glorious Revolution
- glucose
- glut
- GMO
- go against the grain
- go AWOL
- “God Bless America”
- Goddard, Robert H.
- God helps those who help themselves
- Godiva, Lady
- Godiva, Lady
- God’s in his heaven—All’s right with the world
- Goebbels, Joseph
- Goering (or Göring), Hermann
- Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von
- go haywire
- Golan Heights
- Goldberg, Rube
- golden calf
- Golden Fleece
- Golden Gate Bridge
- golden mean
- golden parachute
- golden parachute
- gold, frankincense, and myrrh
- “Goldilocks and the Three Bears”
- gold rush, California
- gold standard
- Goldwater, Barry
- Golgotha
- Gompers, Samuel
- gonads
- Gone With the Wind
- gonorrhea
- Good fences make good neighbors
- Good Friday
- Goodman, Benny
- A good man is hard to find
- Good Neighbor policy
- goods
- Good Samaritan
- Good Shepherd
- go off the deep end
- [one’s] goose is cooked
- goose step
- “The Goose That Laid the Golden Eggs”
- GOP
- Gorbachev, Mikhail
- Gordian knot
- gospel
- gospel music
- Gospels
- go the extra mile
- Gothic
- go to pot
- gout
- government of the people, by the people, and for the people
- Go west, young man
- go whole hog
- Goya, Francisco
- Graces
- gradualism
- graft
- Graham, Billy
- Graham, Martha
- Grail, Holy
- grain of salt
- gram
- grammar
- Granada
- Grand Canyon
- grand jury
- Grand Unified Theory
- granite
- Grant, Ulysses S.
- The Grapes of Wrath
- grasp (clutch) at straws
- gravitation
- gravity
- gravy train
- greatest good for the greatest number
- greatest happiness for the greatest number
- Great Expectations
- The Great Gatsby
- Great Lakes
- great man theory
- Great oaks from little acorns grow
- Great Plains
- Great Salt Lake
- Great Smoky Mountains
- Great Society
- Great Wall of China
- Great War
- Greco, El
- Greece
- Greeley, Horace
- greenhouse effect
- Greenland
- Green Mountains
- Greenpeace
- green revolution
- green thumb
- Greenwich
- Greenwich Village
- Gregorian chant
- Grenada
- Gresham’s law
- Griffith, D. W.
- Grimm, the brothers
- Grim Reaper
- Grinch Stole Christmas, How the
- gringo
- Griswold versus Connecticut
- Gropius, Walter
- gross
- gross domestic product
- Groundhog Day
- groundwater
- Group of Eight
- group therapy
- groupware
- Guadalajara
- Guadeloupe
- Guam
- Guangzhou
- Guatemala
- guerrilla warfare
- Guevara, Ernesto “Che”
- guilds
- guillotine
- guilt by association
- Guinea
- Guinevere
- guitar
- gulag
- Gulf of Mexico
- Gulf of Mexico
- Gulf Stream
- Gulliver’s Travels
- gunboat diplomacy
- “Gunga Din”
- gung-ho
- guru
- Gutenberg, Johann
- Guthrie, Woody
- gynecology
- Gypsies
- H2O
- habeas corpus
- habitat
- Hades
- Had we but world enough, and time, / This coyness, Lady, were no crime
- Hagia Sophia, Cathedral of
- haiku
- hail
- hail-fellow-well-met
- “Hail to the Chief”
- hair of the dog that bit you
- Haiti
- Hale, Nathan
- Haley, Alex
- Half a loaf is better than none
- half-life
- “Hallelujah Chorus”
- hallucination
- hallucinogen
- Halsey, William F.
- Ham
- Hamas
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