GO TO INDEX English Vocabulary Words Start from Letter 'H'
HAIL: To greet Sentence: * The crowd hailed the returning hero. Synonyms: accost, salute
HARANGUE: (1) (Verb): To deliver a long. noisy speech Sentence: * harangued the multitude. Synonyms: rant, declaim (2) (Noun): A loud, tiresome speech Sentence: * An empty harangue which bored his audience. Synonym: tirade
HARBINGER: A forerunner; ail announcer Sentence: * The robin, harbinger of spring. Synonyms: precursor, herald
HAUGHTY: Proud; looking down with contempt on others Sentence: * Dismissed the messenger in a haughty manner.
HEEDLESS: Thoughtless; taking little care Sentence: * Rushed into battle, heedless of the.danger. Synonyms: inadvertent, rash, incautious Antonyms: prudent, circumspect, mindful, wary
HERESY: An opinion held in opposition to the traditional view Sentence: * A view condemned as heresy. Synonym: heterodoxy Antonym: orthodoxy
HIATUS: A gap or vacancy; break Sentence: * Left a hiatus on the page where he erased a sentence. Synonym: breach
HISTRIONIC: Pertaining to the theater; designed for show Sentence: * Broke into histrionic laughter, hollow and insincere. Synonyms: dramatic, theatrical
HOAX: (1) (Noun): A trick or deception; a practical joke Sentence: * Played a hoax upon the credulous public. Synonym: canard (2) (verb): To play a trick on; to deceive. Sentence: * He hoaxed the crowd completely with his disguise.
HOMONYM: Two words having the same sound but different meanings Sentence: * Confusing such homonyms as mail add male.
HOVEL: A dirty or wretched dwelling Sentence: * Born in a hovel, died in a mansion.
HYPERBOLE: Extravagant exaggeration for effect Sentence: * An example of hyperbole: "There are a million objections to the project." Synonym: overstatement Antonym: understatement
HYPOTHESIS: An assumption made for the sake of argument. Sentence: * Worked from a fantastic hypothesis. Synonym: supposition.
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