H Flashcards
Habitat
the place where a person or thing is usually found
Hallelujah
a shout of joy, praise, or gratitude
Handwrought
formed or shaped by hand, as metal objects.
Hangar
a shed or shelter.
Harebrained
giddy; reckless.
Harpsichord
keyboard instrument, precursor of the piano, in which the strings are plucked by leather or quill points connected with the keys, in common use from the 16th to the 18th century, and revived in the 20th.
Haughty
disdainfully proud; snobbish; scornfully arrogant; supercilious: haughty aristocrats; a haughty salesclerk
Havoc
great destruction or devastation; ruinous damage
Headache
a pain located in the head, as over the eyes, at the temples, or at the base of the skull.
Heir
a person who inherits or has a right of inheritance in the property of another following the latter’s death.
Hemorrhage
a profuse discharge of blood, as from a ruptured blood vessel; bleeding.
Heroes
a man of distinguished courage or ability, admired for his brave deeds and noble qualities.
Heterogeneous
composed of parts of different kinds; having widely dissimilar elements or constituents
Hoard
a supply or accumulation that is hidden or carefully guarded for preservation, future use, etc.: a vast hoard of silver.
Holocaust
Holocaust
Homogenize
to prepare an emulsion, as by reducing the size of the fat globules in (milk or cream) in order to distribute them equally throughout.
Homonym
a word pronounced the same as another but differing in meaning, whether spelled the same way
Honestly
in an honest manner.
Honorable
in accordance with or characterized by principles of honor
Honorary
holding a title or position conferred for honor only
Horde
a large group, multitude, number, etc.; a mass or crowd
Horizon
the line or circle that forms the apparent boundary between earth and sky.
Humility
the quality or condition of being humble; modest opinion or estimate of one’s own importance, rank, etc.
Humoresque
a musical composition of humorous or capricious character.
Hydraulic
operated by, moved by, or employing water or other liquids in motion.
Hydrolysis
chemical decomposition in which a compound is split into other compounds by reacting with water.
Hygiene
hygienics. the science that deals with the preservation of health.
Hyphen
a short line (-) used to connect the parts of a compound word or the parts of a word divided for any purpose.
Hypothesis
a proposition, or set of propositions, set forth as an explanation for the occurrence of some specified group of phenomena, either asserted merely as a provisional conjecture to guide investigation (working hypothesis) or accepted as highly probable in the light of established facts.
Hysterical
of, pertaining to, or characterized by hysteria.