Vocab H I

Question 0

Harbinger

Answer 0

Person who goes ahead to make known the approach of another

Question 1

Halcyon

Answer 1

Calm, peaceful, tranquil

Question 2

Hegemony

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Leadership or predominant influence exercised by one nation over others

Question 3

Hegira

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Flight, escape, journey to a more desirable place, usually religious

Question 4

Hermetic

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Secluded, unaffected by the outside

Question 5

Hinterland

Answer 5

Remote or less developed parts of a country

Question 6

Homily

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Sermon, no doctrinal nature, on a biblical topic

Question 7

Homogeneous

Answer 7

Composed of parts or elements that are all of the same kind

Question 8

Horse trading

Answer 8

Act of fact of conducting a shrewd exchange or engaging in bargaining

Question 9

Hullabaloo

Answer 9

Clamorous noise or disturbance, uproar

Question 10

Iconoclast(ic)

Answer 10

Attacking or ignoring cherished beliefs and long held traditions as being based on error superstition or lack of creativity

Question 11

Ignominy

Answer 11

Disgrace, dishonor, public contempt

Question 12

Imbue

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To impregnate or inspire with feelings,opinions

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Impugn

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To challenge as false, cast doubt upon, assail by words or argument

Question 14

Incarnate

Answer 14

Embodied in flesh,given a bodily form, personified or typified

Question 15

Inchoate

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Not yet completed or fully developed,just began, disorganized

Question 16

Incisive

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Remarkably clear and direct

Question 17

Indefatigable

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Incapable of being tired out not yielding to fatigue

Question 18

Indigent

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Lacking food and necessities of life due to poverty

Question 19

Ineffable

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Incapable of being expressed or described in words, inexpressible

Question 20

Internecine

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Mutually destructive argument in a group

Question 21

Interpolate

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To verbally introduce something extraneous between other things

Question 22

Insipid

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Without distinctive, interesting or stimulating qualities

Question 23

Insouciance

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Lack of care or concern

Question 24

Intransigent

Answer 24

Refusing to agree or compromise

Question 25

Inure

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To accustom to (hardship, difficulty, pain, etc)

Question 26

Invidious

Answer 26

Calculated to create I’ll will or resentment or give offense