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Armstrong is a genuine leader of men. 2 candid, frank, open,
sincere, earnest, honest, unfeigned: His art is much more
genuine than the pretentious output of his contemporaries.
germ n. 1 micro-organism, microbe, bacterium, virus, Colloq bug:
Germs were not conceived of before Leeuwenhoek's invention of
the microscope. 2 source, origin, fount, embryo, seed, root,
rudiment, beginning, start, base, basis: The germ of romantic
literature lies in folk-tales.
gesture n. 1 movement, motion, gesticulation, signal, indication,
action, Colloq US high sign: She made a gesture of dismissal.
2 formality, move; gambit, ploy; token, indication, symbol:
Sending her flowers was a friendly gesture. Their burning the
flag was a gesture of defiance.
--v. 3 motion, gesticulate, signal, sign, indicate, Colloq US
give (someone) the high sign: He gestured for me to step
forward.
get v. 1 obtain, secure, acquire, come by or into (the) possession
of, procure, pick up; collect; buy, purchase, book, retain,
hire, engage, rent, lease; accede to, inherit, fall heir to,
succeed to: Where did you get these beautiful prints? You had
better get yourself a good lawyer. They got the furniture from
his mother's estate. 2 receive; be given, come by: He got a
bicycle from his grandma. I got a job at the carwash. 3 earn,
receive, realize, make, take, gross, clear, net, pocket, be
paid; win, Colloq take home, pull down: He gets a lot of money
for just standing there and answering questions. 4 fetch, go
(to or and) get, go for or after, pick up; bring (back),
retrieve: Please get me a cup of tea. 5 catch, contract, have,
suffer from, come down with, fall ill or sick with, be afflicted
with, become infected with, acquire: You'll get pneumonia if
you go out without your coat. 6 become, fall: We got ill from
eating too much chocolate. 7 become, turn, grow: It got very
cold last night. He got rich almost overnight. 8 capture,
seize, arrest, take, apprehend, grab, pick up, lay hold of, bag,
Colloq collar, nab, pinch: Are the police sure that they got
the right person? 9 manage, arrange, come, succeed; contrive,
fix it, manoeuvre, manipulate, Colloq wangle: How did you get
to be chairman? 10 reach, arrive (at), come, go, travel,
journey: She got home by taxi. 11 catch, take, enter, make,