Words beginning with gr

The sound gr is all about watching the growth of green things: grapes, grass, grain, which all gradually ripen, and when they reach the grocery store, they become groceries. grapefruit grapes green grass grow wood grain grain groceries graham crackers

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Words beginning with gr

Words beginning with gr

Gravity is the force responsible for attaching us to the earth, so no surprise that when we are laid to rest it is in a grave. Gravel and granite all share the sense of a granular substance found on the ground (note: grand and granular are opposites!) A grill, grater, and grate share the same graph-like shape.

Graphite is inside your pencil. Its the material that lets you write. Its molecular structure allows pieces of it to slide off easily onto the page and graphically depict important information on a graph. graphite

gray/grey

grief

graves

gravel driveway

gravel

ground

granite

graph paper

grill

grater

grate

graphs

graffiti

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What other words start with gr?

Farmers gr _ _ aft a weaker plant on top of a strong plant because then the weaker plant can _ _ow.

coffee _ _inders: old and new

_ _ ads _ _aduate during _ _aduation

_ _ain and _ _ avel look alike, so the gr can mean things that are _ _ound up.

Remember to capitalize the beginning of countries like Greece, and people, like Greek.

_ _ eece is a beautiful country with many ancient _ _ eek ruins.

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