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Question 1

hackneyed

Answer 1

(adj.) unoriginal, trite (A girl can only hear “I love you” so many times before it begins to sound hackneyed and meaningless.)

Question 2

hapless

Answer 2

(adj.) unlucky (My poor, hapless family never seems to pick a sunny week to go
on vacation.)

Question 3

harangue

Answer 3

1. (n.) a ranting speech (Everyone had heard the teacher’s harangue about gum chewing in class before.) 2. (v.) to give such a speech (But this time the teacher
   harangued the class about the importance of brushing your teeth after chewing gum.)

Question 4

hardy

Answer 4

(adj.) robust, capable of surviving through adverse conditions (I too would have
expected the plants to be dead by mid-November, but apparently they’re very hardy.)

Question 5

harrowing

Answer 5

(adj.) greatly distressing, vexing (The car crash was a harrowing experience, but I have a feeling that the increase in my insurance premiums will be even more
upsetting.)

Question 6

haughty

Answer 6

(adj.) disdainfully proud (The superstar’s haughty dismissal of her costars will backfire on her someday.)

Question 7

hedonist

Answer 7

(n.) one who believes pleasure should be the primary pursuit of humans (Because he’s such a hedonist, I knew Murray would appreciate the 11 cases of wine
I bought him for his birthday.)

Question 8

hegemony

Answer 8

(n.) domination over others (Britain’s hegemony over its colonies was threatened once nationalist sentiment began to spread around the world.)

Question 9

heinous

Answer 9

(adj.) shockingly wicked, repugnant (The killings were made all the more heinous by the fact that the murderer first tortured his victims for three days.)

Question 10

heterogeneous

Answer 10

(adj.) varied, diverse in character (I hate having only one flavor so I always buy the swirled, or should I say heterogeneous, type of ice cream.)