Word List H

Question 1

Habituate (v.)

Answer 1

Accustom or familiarize; addict. Macbeth gradually habituated himself to murder, shedding his scruples as he grew accustomed to his bloody deeds.

Question 2

Hackles (n.)

Answer 2

Hairs on back and neck, especially of a dog. The dog’s hackles rose and he began to growl as the sound of footsteps grew louder.

Question 3

Hackneyed (adj.)

Answer 3

commonplace; trite. When the reviewer criticized the movie for its hackneyed plot, we agreed; we had seen similar stories hundreds of times before.

Question 4

Haggard (adj.)

Answer 4

Wasted away; gaunt. After his long illness, he was pale and haggard.

Question 5

Haggle (v.)

Answer 5

Argue about prices. I prefer to shop in a store that has a one-price policy because, whenever I haggle with a shopkeeper, I am never certain that I paid a fair price for the articles I purchased.