1104 Flashcards
hauteur
\hä-ˈtər\
D. haughtiness
E. she looked at him with the hauteur of someone who is accustomed to being instantly obeyed
hawser
\ˈhä-zər\
D. a large rope or cable for mooring or anchoring a ship
hector
D. to bully
E. The judge ordered the attorney to stop hectoring the witness.
hedonism
\ˈhē-də-ˌni-zəm\
D. the pursuit of pleasure as a primary goal of life
E. their spring break trip to Mexico became an exercise in heedless hedonism
heedless
D. careless; unmindful
hegemony
\hi-ˈje-mə-nē\
D. leadership; dominance
E. European intellectuals have long debated the consequences of the hegemony of American popular culture around the world.
heinous
\ˈhā-nəs\
D. abominable, hatefully or shockingly evil
E. These murders were especially heinous.
herbaceous
\ˌ(h)ər-ˈbā-shəs\
D. pertaining to herbs or leaves
herculean
D. of great size, strength, or courage
heresy
\ˈher-ə-sē\
D. a religious belief opposed by the church
E. He was burned at the stake for heresy. / The idea is heresy to most employees of the firm.
heterodox
ˈhe-tə-rə-ˌdäks\
D. inclining toward heresy, unorthodox
E. her heterodox approach to teaching science initially met with some resistance from her peers
heterogeneous
D. varied
hiatus
\hī-ˈā-təs\
D. a gape or break
E. The band is making an album again after a five-year hiatus.
hibernal
D. pertaining to winter
hierarchy
\ˈhī-(ə-)ˌrär-kē\
D. an arrangement in order of rank
E. He was at the bottom of the corporate hierarchy.
hieratic
\ˌhī-(ə-)ˈra-tik\
D. priestly; highly restrained
E. Some of the more hieratic sculptures leave the viewer curiously unmoved.
hieroglyphic
\ˌhī-(ə-)rə-ˈgli-fik\
D. written in symbols; hard to understand
hilarity
\hi-‘le-rə-tē\
D. mirth; boisterous merriment or laughter
E. hilarity is the last thing you expect to find at a funeral, but we were there to celebrate his life rather than to dwell on his death
hinder
D. to restrain or hold back
hirsute
\ˈhər-ˌsüt\
D. hairy
E. wore a hirsute mask as part of his werewolf costume
histrionic
\ˌhis-trē-ˈä-nik\
D. theatrical, deliberately affected; pertaining to theatre
E. a penchant for dish throwing, door slamming, and other histrionic displays of temper
hoary
\ˈhȯr-ē\
D. white; white-haired; extremely old
E. a man hoary with age / a hoary tale of revenge
holocaust
\ˈhō-lə-ˌkȯst\
D. destruction by fire
E. The museum is devoted to the Holocaust.
homage
\ˈä-mij\
D. allegiance or honor
E. Her book is a homage to her favorite city.
homicide
D. the killing of one person by another
homily
\ˈhä-mə-lē\
D. a long, dull sermon
E. The priest gave a brief homily on forgiveness. / We had to listen to another one of his homilies about the value of public service.
homogenious
D. similar
hone
D. to sharpen
E. helped her hone her writing skill
hortatory
\ˈhȯr-tə-ˌtȯr-ē\
D. encouraging; giving advice
E. hortatory sermons
horticulture
\ˈhȯr-tə-ˌkəl-chər\
D. the growing of plants
E. a college of agriculture and horticulture
hybrid
D. a mix of unlike parts
E. The band plays a hybrid of jazz and rock.
hydrous
D. containing water
hyperbole
\hī-ˈpər-bə-(ˌ)lē\
D. exaggeration
E. “enough food to feed a whole army” is a common example of hyperbole
hypercritical
D. too critical
hypochondriac
\hī-pə-‘cän-drē-ˌak\
D. a person who constantly believes he is ill
E. My brother is a real hypochondriac. Every time he reads about some new disease, he thinks he has it.
hypocritical
D. being a hypocrite; pretending to be what one is not
E. it’s hypocritical to say mean things behind someone’s back, and then to act nice when you want something from her
hypothetical
D. assumed; supposed
E. She described a hypothetical case to clarify her point.
iconoclast
D. one who attacks traditional ideas
ideology
\ˌī-dē-ˈä-lə-jē\
D. a body of ideas; a set of beliefs, especially one held by a particular group, that influences the way people behave
E. the ideology of gender roles
idiom
D. a phrase
idiosyncrasy
\ˌi-dē-ə-ˈsiŋ-krə-sē\
D. a personal peculiarity
E. Her habit of using “like” in every sentence was just one of her idiosyncrasies.
idolatry
\i-‘do-le’-trē\
D. worship
E. her idolatry of her favorite rock star is one step removed (outside but near) from stalking
idyll
'ī-dəl\
D. a short poem or other piece of writing that describes a peaceful and happy scene
E. her year as a vineyard worker in the south of France was not the idyll that she had expected it to be
igneous
\ˈig-nē-əs\
D. pertaining to or produced by fire
E. igneous rock
ignoble
\ig-ˈnō-bəl\
D. dishonorable; base
E. such an ignoble act is completely unworthy of a military officer
ignominious
\ˌig-nə-ˈmi-nē-əs\
D. shameful; disgrading
E. the prison guards degraded themselves with their inhumane, ignominious treatment of the prisoners
