H Flashcards

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Habitat

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the place where a person or thing is usually found

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Hallelujah

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a shout of joy, praise, or gratitude

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Handwrought

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formed or shaped by hand, as metal objects.

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Hangar

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a shed or shelter.

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5
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Harebrained

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giddy; reckless.

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Harpsichord

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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.

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Haughty

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disdainfully proud; snobbish; scornfully arrogant; supercilious: haughty aristocrats; a haughty salesclerk

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Havoc

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great destruction or devastation; ruinous damage

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Headache

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a pain located in the head, as over the eyes, at the temples, or at the base of the skull.

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Heir

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a person who inherits or has a right of inheritance in the property of another following the latter’s death.

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Hemorrhage

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a profuse discharge of blood, as from a ruptured blood vessel; bleeding.

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Heroes

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a man of distinguished courage or ability, admired for his brave deeds and noble qualities.

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Heterogeneous

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composed of parts of different kinds; having widely dissimilar elements or constituents

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Hoard

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a supply or accumulation that is hidden or carefully guarded for preservation, future use, etc.: a vast hoard of silver.

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Holocaust

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Holocaust

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Homogenize

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to prepare an emulsion, as by reducing the size of the fat globules in (milk or cream) in order to distribute them equally throughout.

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Homonym

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a word pronounced the same as another but differing in meaning, whether spelled the same way

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Honestly

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in an honest manner.

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Honorable

A

in accordance with or characterized by principles of honor

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Honorary

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holding a title or position conferred for honor only

21
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Horde

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a large group, multitude, number, etc.; a mass or crowd

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Horizon

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the line or circle that forms the apparent boundary between earth and sky.

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Humility

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the quality or condition of being humble; modest opinion or estimate of one’s own importance, rank, etc.

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Humoresque

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a musical composition of humorous or capricious character.

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Hydraulic

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operated by, moved by, or employing water or other liquids in motion.

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Hydrolysis

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chemical decomposition in which a compound is split into other compounds by reacting with water.

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Hygiene

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hygienics. the science that deals with the preservation of health.

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Hyphen

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a short line (-) used to connect the parts of a compound word or the parts of a word divided for any purpose.

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Hypothesis

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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.

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Hysterical

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of, pertaining to, or characterized by hysteria.