H Flashcards
Words that start with the letter G
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Habitable
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adj. Fit to be dwelt in
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Habitant
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n. Dweller
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Habitual
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adj. According to usual practice
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Habitude
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n. Customary relation or association
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Hackney
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v. To make stale or trite by repetition
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Haggard
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adj. Worn and gaunt in appearance
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Halcyon
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adj. Calm
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Hale
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adj. Of sound and vigorous health
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Handwriting
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n. Penmanship
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Hanger-On
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n. A parasite
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Happy-Go-Lucky
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adj. Improvident
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Harangue
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n. A tirade
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Harass
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v. To trouble with importunities, cares, or annoyances
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Harbinger
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n. One who or that which foreruns and announces the coming of any person or thing
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Hard-Hearted
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adj. Lacking pity or sympathy
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Hardihood
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n. Foolish daring
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Harmonious
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adj. Concordant in sound
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Havoc
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n. Devastation
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Hawthorn
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n. A thorny shrub much used in England for hedges
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Hazard
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n. Risk
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Head First
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adv. Precipitately, as in diving
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Head Foremost
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adv. Precipitately, as in diving
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Heartrending
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adj. Very depressing
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Heathenish
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adj. Irreligious
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Heedless
adj. Thoughtless
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Heifer
n. A young cow
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Heinous
adj. Odiously sinful
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Hemorrhage
n. Discharge of blood from a ruptured or wounded blood-vessel
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Hemorrhoids
n. pl. Tumors composed of enlarged and thickened blood-vessels, at the lower end of the rectum
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Henchman
n. A servile assistant and subordinate
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Henpeck
v. To worry or harass by ill temper and petty annoyances
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Heptagon
n. A figure having seven sides and seven angles
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Heptarchy
n. A group of seven governments
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Herbaceous
adj. Having the character of a herb
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Herbarium
n. A collection of dried plants scientifically arranged for study
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Herbarium
n. A collection of dried plants scientifically arranged for study
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Herbivorous
adj. Feeding on herbs or other vegetable matter, as animals
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Hereditary
adj. Passing naturally from parent to child
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Heredity
n. Transmission of physical or mental qualities, diseases, etc..., from parent to offspring
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Heresy
n. An opinion or doctrine subversive of settled beliefs or accepted principles
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Heretic
n. One who holds opinions contrary to the recognized standards or tenets of any philosophy
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Heritage
n. Birthright
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Hernia
n. Protrusion of any internal organ in whole or in part from its normal position
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Hesitancy
n. A pausing to consider
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Hesitant
adj. Vacillating
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Hesitation
n. Vacillation
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Heterodox
adj. At variance with any commonly accepted doctrine or opinion
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Heterogeneity
n. Unlikeness of constituent parts
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Heterogeneous
adj. Consisting of dissimilar elements or ingredients of different kinds
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Heteromorphic
adj. Deviating from the normal form or standard type
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Hexangular
adj. Having six angles
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Hexapod
adj. Having six feet
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Hexagon
n. A figure with six angles
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Hiatus
n. A break or vacancy where something necessary to supply the connection is wanting
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Hibernal
adj. Pertaining to winter
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Hibernian
adj. Pertaining to Ireland, or its people
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Hideous
adj. Appalling
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Hilarious
adj. Boisterously merry
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Hillock
n. A small hill or mound
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Hinder
v. To obstruct
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Hindmost
adj. Farthest from the front
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Hindrance
n. An obstacle
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Hirsute
adj. Having a hairy covering
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Hoard
v. To gather and store away for the sake of accumulation
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Hoarse
adj. Having the voice harsh or rough, as from a cold or fatigue
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Homage
n. Reverential regard or worship
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Homogeneity
n. Congruity of the members or elements or parts
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Homogeneous
adj. Made up of similar parts or elements
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Homologous
adj. Identical in nature, make-up, or relation
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Hommonym
n. A word agreeing in sound with but different in meaning from another
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Homophone
n. A word agreeing in sound with but different in meaning from another
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Honorarium
n. A token fee or payment to a professional man for services
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Hoodwink
v. To deceive
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Horde
n. A gathered multitude of human beings
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Hosiery
n. A stocking
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Hospitable
adj. Disposed to treat strangers or guests with generous kindness
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Hospitality
n. The practice of receiving and entertaining strangers and guests with kindness
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Hostility
n. Enmity
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Huckster
n. One who retails small wares
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Humane
adj. Compassionate
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Humanitarian
n. A philanthropist
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Humanize
v. To make gentle or refined
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Humbug
n. Anything intended or calculated to deceive or mislead
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Humiliate
v. To put to shame
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Hussar
n. A light-horse trooper armed with saber and carbine
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Hustle
v. To move with haste and promptness
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Hybrid
adj. Cross-bred
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Hydra
n. The seven- or nine-headed water-serpent slain by Hercules
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Hydraulic
adj. Involving the moving of water, of the force exerted by water in motion
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Hydrodynamics
n. The branch of mechanics that treats of the dynamics of fluids
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Hydroelectric
adj. Pertaining to electricity developed by water or steam
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Hydromechanics
n. The mechanics of fluids
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Hydrometer
n. An instrument for determining the density of solids and liquids by flotation
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Hydrous
adj. Watery
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Hygiene
n. The branch of medical science that relates to improving health
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Hypercritical
adj. Faultfinding
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Hypnosis
n. An artificial trance-sleep
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Hypnotic
adj. Tending to produce sleep
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Hypnotism
n. An artificially induced somnambulistic state in which the mind readily acts on suggestion
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Hypnotize
v. To produce a somnambulistic state in which the mind readily acts on suggestion
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Hypocrisy
n. Extreme insincerity
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Hypocrite
n. One who makes false professions of his views or beliefs
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Hypodermic
adj. Pertaining to the area under the skin
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Hypotenuse
n. The side of a right-angled triangle opposite the right angle
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Hypothesis
n. A proposition taken for granted as a premise from which to reach a conclusion
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Hysteria
n. A nervous affection occurring typically in paroxysms of laughing and crying
