Barron GRE word
list - H To add words to your word list in Pronunciation Patterns, please double click the word and choose Add. Click here to learn how. |
|
| habitat | n. natural environment of an animal or a plant; home |
| habituate | v. ~ sb/oneself to sth accustom sb/oneself to sth |
| hackles | n. long feathers on the neck of the domestic cock, etc or hairs on the neck of a dog |
| hackneyed | adj. used so often that it has become trite and dull |
| haggard | adj. looking tired and unhappy, esp from worry, lack of sleep, etc |
| haggle | v. ~ (over/about sth) argue (esp about the price, etc when agreeing upon the terms of a sale or other transaction) |
| hail | n. frozen rain falling in a shower |
| halcyon | adj. peaceful and happy |
| hale | adj. hale and `hearty (esp of an old person) strong and healthy |
| halfhearted | |
| hallowed | set apart as sacred |
| hallucination | n. illusion of seeing or hearing sth when no such thing is actually present |
| halting | adj. slow and hesitant, as if lacking in confidence |
| hamper | n. large basket with a hinged lid, esp one containing food, wine, etc |
| handsome | adj. (of men) good-looking |
| hap | chance; luck |
| haphazard | adj. without plan or order; random |
| hapless | adj. unlucky; unfortunate |
| harangue | n. long, loud, serious and usu angry speech |
| harass | v. trouble and annoy continually |
| harbinger | n. ~ (rhet ) person or thing that announces or shows that sb/sth is coming |
| harbor | to give shelter or refuge to |
| hardy | adj. able to endure cold or difficult conditions; tough, robust |
| harping | [ harp: ] a large triangular plucked stringed instrument consisting of a soundboard connected to an upright pillar by means of a curved crossbar from which the strings extend downwards. |
| harrow | n. heavy frame with metal spikes or discs dragged over ploughed land to break up lumps of earth, cover seeds, etc |
| harrowing | [ harrow: ] any of various implements used to level the ground, stir the soil, break up clods, destroy weeds, etc., in soil |
| harry | v. annoy (sb) with repeated requests, questions, etc; harass |
| hatch | n. opening in a door, floor or ceiling |
| haughtiness | n. Pride; arrogance. |
| haunt | v. visit (a place) regularly |
| haven | n. place of safety or rest; refuge |
| havoc | n. widespread damage; great destruction |
| hazard | n. ~ (thing that can cause) danger; risk |
| hazardous | adj. dangerous; risky |
| hazy | adj. misty |
| headfirst | with the head foremost; headlong |
| headlong | adv, adj with the head first |
| headstrong | adj. obstinately determined to do things in one's own way without listening to others; self-willed ; |
| healthful | adj. good for the health |
| healthy | adj. having good health; well and able to resist disease |
| heckler | n. |
| hedonism | n. belief that pleasure should be the main aim in life |
| hedonist | n. believer in hedonism |
| heed | v. pay attention to (advice, etc); take notice of (sth) |
| heedless | not noticing; disregarding |
| hegemony | n. leadership, esp by one state in a group of states |
| heinous | adj. very wicked |
| helm | n. handle or wheel for moving the rudder of a ship or boat |
| hem | n. edge of a piece of cloth which has been turned under and sewn or fixed down |
| herald | n. person who made important announcements and carried messages from a ruler |
| herbivorous | adj. feeding on plants |
| herd | n. number of animals, esp cattle, feeding or staying together |
| hereafter | adv. (in legal documents, etc) from now on; following this , |
| heresy | n. belief or opinion that is contrary to what is generally accepted, esp in religion |
| heretic | n. person who is guilty of heresy or who supports a heresy |
| hermetic | adj. tightly closed so that air cannot escape or enter; completely airtight ; |
| hermitage | n. place where a hermit or a group of hermits lives |
| herpetologist | one that a branch of zoology dealing with reptiles and amphibians |
| heterodox | adj. not conforming with accepted standards or beliefs |
| heterogeneous | adj. made up of different kinds; varied in composition |
| hew | v. chop or cut (sth/sb) with an axe, sword, etc |
| heyday | n. time of greatest success, prosperity, power, etc |
| hiatus | n. gap in a series or sequence, making it incomplete; break in continuity ; |
| hibernal | wintry |
| hibernate | v. spend the winter in a state like deep sleep |
| hide | v. prevent (sth/sb/oneself) from being seen; put or keep out of sight |
| hideous | adj. filling the mind with horror; very ugly; frightful |
| hierarchy | n. system with grades of authority or status from the lowest to the highest |
| hieroglyphic | adj. of or written in hieroglyphs |
| high-flown | adj. extravagantly grand and pretentious |
| hilarity | n. loud laughter; great amusement |
| hindmost | adj. furthest behind |
| hindrance | n. ~ thing or person that hinders |
| hindsight | n. wisdom about an event after it has occurred |
| hinterlands | [ hinterland: ] land lying behind something, esp. a coast or the shore of a river |
| hireling | n. person whose services may be hired |
| hirsute | adj. (esp of a man) covered with hair; hairy; shaggy |
| historic | adj. famous or important in history |
| historical | adj. concerning past events |
| histrionic | adj. very theatrical in manner; excessively dramatic; affected |
| hive | n. (also `beehive) box or other container for bees to live in |
| hoard | n. carefully collected and guarded store of money, food or other treasured objects |
| hoary | adj. (also hoar) (esp of hair) grey or white with age |
| hoax | n. mischievous trick played on sb for a joke |
| holocaust | n. large-scale destruction, esp by fire; great loss of human life |
| holster | n. leather case for a pistol, usu fixed to a belt or saddle . |
| homage | n. things said or done to show great respect; tribute to a person or his qualities (used esp with the vs shown) |
| homely | adj. (approv esp Brit) simple and plain |
| homeostasis | tendency of a system to maintain relative stability |
| homespun | adj. made of yarn spun at home |
| homily | n. long and boring talk from sb on the correct way to behave, etc |
| homogeneous | adj. formed of parts that are all of the same type |
| hone | n. stone used for sharpening the cutting edges of tools, etc |
| hoodwink | v. ~ sb deceive sb; trick sb |
| horde | n. very large group (esp of people); huge crowd; throng |
| horoscope | n. forecast of a person's future based on a diagram showing the relative positions of the planets, etc at a particular time, eg the time of his birth |
| hortatory | encouraging; exhortative |
| horticultural | adj. a horticultural show, society, expert |
| hostage | n. person held as a captive by one or more others who threaten to keep, harm or kill him unless certain demands are met |
| hostility | n. ~ being hostile (to sb/sth); antagonism; enmity |
| hothead | n. person who often acts too hastily or rashly; impetuous person ; |
| hovel | n. small house that is unfit to live in; very poor and squalid dwelling ; |
| hover | v. remain in the air in one place |
| hubbub | n. loud confused noise, eg of many voices; din ; |
| hubris | n. arrogant pride |
| hue | n. colour; variety or shade of colour |
| hull | n. body of a ship |
| humane | adj. having or showing sympathy, kindness and understanding |
| humanitarian | adj. concerned with improving the lives of mankind and reducing suffering, esp by social reform |
| humble | adj. (of a person or his words or actions) having or showing a low or modest opinion of one's own importance; not proud |
| humdrum | adj. lacking excitement or variety; dull; monotonous |
| humid | adj. containing moisture; damp |
| humility | n. humble attitude of mind; modesty |
| hummock | n. low hill or hump in the ground; hillock ; |
| humor | to soothe or content by indulgence |
| humus | n. rich dark organic material formed by the decay of dead leaves, etc and essential to the fertility of soil |
| hurl | v. throw violently; fling |
| hurtle | v. move violently, noisily or with great speed in the specified direction |
| husband | n. man to whom a woman is married |
| husbandry | n. farming |
| hut | n. small roughly-built house or shelter, usu made of wood or metal , |
| hybrid | n. animal or plant that has parents of different species or varieties |
| hydrophobia | n. abnormal fear of water and of drinking, esp as a symptom of rabies in humans |
| hygiene | n. study and practice of cleanliness as a way of maintaining good health and preventing disease |
| hyperbole | n. exaggeratedstatement that is made for special effect and is not meant to be taken literally, eg I've invited millions of people to my party , |
| hypercritical | adj. too critical, esp of small faults |
| hypnosis | n. state like deep sleep in which a person's actions may be controlled by another person |
| hypochondriac | n. person who suffers from hypochondria |
| hypocritical | adj. of hypocrisy or a hypocrite |
| hypothetical | adj. of or based on a hypothesis; not necessarily true or real ; |
| hysteria | n. wild uncontrollable emotion or excitement, with eg laughter, crying or screaming |