Vocab H I Flashcards
Harbinger
Person who goes ahead to make known the approach of another
Halcyon
Calm, peaceful, tranquil
Hegemony
Leadership or predominant influence exercised by one nation over others
Hegira
Flight, escape, journey to a more desirable place, usually religious
Hermetic
Secluded, unaffected by the outside
Hinterland
Remote or less developed parts of a country
Homily
Sermon, no doctrinal nature, on a biblical topic
Homogeneous
Composed of parts or elements that are all of the same kind
Horse trading
Act of fact of conducting a shrewd exchange or engaging in bargaining
Hullabaloo
Clamorous noise or disturbance, uproar
Iconoclast(ic)
Attacking or ignoring cherished beliefs and long held traditions as being based on error superstition or lack of creativity
Ignominy
Disgrace, dishonor, public contempt
Imbue
To impregnate or inspire with feelings,opinions
Impugn
To challenge as false, cast doubt upon, assail by words or argument
Incarnate
Embodied in flesh,given a bodily form, personified or typified
Inchoate
Not yet completed or fully developed,just began, disorganized
Incisive
Remarkably clear and direct
Indefatigable
Incapable of being tired out not yielding to fatigue
Indigent
Lacking food and necessities of life due to poverty
Ineffable
Incapable of being expressed or described in words, inexpressible
Internecine
Mutually destructive argument in a group
Interpolate
To verbally introduce something extraneous between other things
Insipid
Without distinctive, interesting or stimulating qualities
Insouciance
Lack of care or concern
