Gall
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To trouble or bother. To harass, to harry, often with the intent to cause injury. To chafe, to rub or subject to friction; to create a sore on the skin. To exasperate. To cause pitting on a surface being cut from the friction between the two surfaces exceeding the bond of the material at a point.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: Bile, especially that of an animal; the greenish, profoundly bitter-tasting fluid found in bile ducts and gall bladders, structures associated with the liver. The gall bladder. Great misery or physical suffering, likened to the bitterest-tasting of substances. A bump-like imperfection resembling a gall. A feeling of exasperation. Impudence or brazenness; temerity, chutzpah. A sore or open wound caused by chafing, which may become infected, as with a blister. A sore on a horse caused by an ill-fitted or ill-adjusted saddle; a saddle sore. A pit caused on a surface being cut caused by the friction between the two surfaces exceeding the bond of the material at a point. A blister or tumor-like growth found on the surface of plants, caused by burrowing of insect larvae into the living tissues, especially that of the common oak gall wasp .
Example sentence: I had told my agents that I didn't want to do television. I can't believe I had that gall, looking back on it. I would never condescend to do TV, and then 'Taxi' called up for a guest spot in the first season. And my common sense kind of took over, I guess.
Fret
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To devour, consume.To gnaw, consume, eat away.To chafe or irritate; to worry.To worry or be anxious.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: One of the pieces of metal/wood/plastic across the neck of a guitar or other musical instrument that marks note positions for fingering.An ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizontal lines (often in relief).A strait; channel.A fog or mist at sea or coming inland from the sea
Example sentence: If I look at the one thorn that is in my side, of all my life, it is my weight. I fret about it, I'm anxious about it, being an actor on television - it drives me insane. It just seems to be something that plays a central part in waking up in the morning and thinking, 'How am I with myself today?'