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glitterati
plural-nounC1/C2 (Upper-Intermediate to Advanced)
/ˌɡlɪt.əˈrɑː.ti/A blend of 'glitter' and 'literati', referring to fashionable, famous, and wealthy people who attend glamorous social events and are often seen in the media.
glittering generality
nounLow
/ˈɡlɪtərɪŋ ˌdʒɛnəˈrælɪti/An emotionally appealing but vague phrase used to invoke positive feelings without conveying concrete meaning or substance.
glittertinden
nounLow
/ˈɡlɪtəˌtɪndən/The highest mountain in Norway and the Scandinavian Peninsula.
glitz
nounverb-transitiveC1
/ɡlɪts/Excessive, showy, and often cheap or superficial glamour and ostentation.
gliwice
nounVery Low
/ɡlɪˈviːtseɪ/A city in southern Poland, located in the Silesian region.
gloam
nounVery Low (Literary/Archaic)
/ɡləʊm/The partial darkness of twilight, dusk.
gloaming
nounLow
/ˈɡləʊmɪŋ/The time of day immediately following sunset; twilight, dusk.
gloat
nounverbverb-intransitiveB2
/ɡləʊt/To dwell on or contemplate one's own success, good fortune, or another's misfortune with smug, excessive pleasure.
gloating
adjectivenounB2
/ˈɡləʊtɪŋ/The act of feeling or showing great pleasure or smugness, typically at one's own success or another's misfortune.
glob
nounB1
/ɡlɒb/A small, often spherical or shapeless mass of a soft substance.
global aphasia
nounRare/Very Low Frequency
/ˌɡləʊbəl əˈfeɪzɪə/The most severe form of aphasia, characterized by profound impairment in both language production and comprehension, affecting all language modalities.
global boiling
nounVery Low
/ˌɡləʊbəl ˈbɔɪlɪŋ/A recently coined term, predominantly metaphorical, describing an intense and extreme phase of climate change where warming becomes dangerously rapid and acute, implying a state beyond mere 'global warming'.
global community
nounC1-C2 (Academic/Formal Discourse)
/ˌɡləʊ.bəl kəˈmjuː.nə.ti/The collective population of humans across the entire world, often considered as a single interconnected entity.
global dimming
nounC2/Advanced
/ˌɡləʊb(ə)l ˈdɪmɪŋ/A measurable reduction in the amount of sunlight reaching the Earth's surface, primarily caused by particulate pollution in the atmosphere.
global positioning system
nounC1
/ˌɡləʊbəl pəˈzɪʃənɪŋ ˌsɪstəm/A satellite-based navigation system that provides location and time information anywhere on Earth.
global product
nounC1
/ˌɡləʊbəl ˈprɒdʌkt/A commercially available good or service that is marketed and sold across multiple international markets.
global rule
nounB2
/ˈɡləʊbəl ruːl/A principle, regulation, or standard that applies universally or across an entire system, organization, or domain.
global search
nounMedium
/ˌɡləʊbəl ˈsɜːtʃ/A comprehensive search operation that examines all available data, files, or information across an entire system or dataset.
global south
nounMedium (frequent in academic, political, and developmental discourse)
/ˌɡləʊbəl ˈsaʊθ/A geopolitical and socioeconomic term referring collectively to nations primarily located in the Southern Hemisphere, characterized by lower levels of economic development, industrialization, and influence in global affairs compared to the "Global North."
global tectonics
plural-nounC2
/ˌɡləʊbəl tekˈtɒnɪks/The branch of geology studying the large-scale, three-dimensional structure and movement of the Earth's lithosphere, including the formation and interactions of tectonic plates.

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