H - I Flashcards
(53 cards)
halcyon
halcyon days
literary a time in the past when you were very happy
hallowed
holy, sacred
The bones will be buried in hallowed ground.
But why is it in the hallowed halls of a gallery of twentieth century design?
Consecrate: make a place hallowed
harrowing
very frightening or shocking and making you feel very upset
a harrowing experience
a harrowing story
herbivorous
an animal that feeds mainly on plants.
hermetic
hermetically sealed technical
very tightly closed so that air cannot get in or out SYN airtight
heterodox
not widely accepted
heterodox beliefs, practices etc are not approved of by a particular group, especially a religious one.
Orthodox: widely accepted
hirsute
covered by hair
homeostasis
Homeostasis is a word you learn in biology. It refers to a cell’s home state — the way it wants to be, and should be if everything that regulates the cell is working.
homily
A homily is a sermon(خطبه) or religious speech offering encouragement or moral correction.
homogeneous
consisting of people or things that are all of the same type opp heterogeneous
a homogeneous society
heterogeneous: consisting of parts or members that are very different from each other
hyperbole
a way of describing something by saying it is much bigger, smaller, worse etc than it actually is SYN exaggeration
It was not hyperbole to call it the worst storm in twenty years.
idolatry
1 the practice of worshipping idols(بت)
2 when you admire someone or something too much
igneous
igneous rocks are formed from lava (=hot liquid rock)
volcanic
impassive
showing no emotion
Her impassive face showed no reaction at all.
impecunious
poor, having no money
having very little money, especially over a long period – sometimes used humorously
He came from a respectable if impecunious family.
indigence: poverty
impede
to make it difficult for someone or something to move forward or make progress
Storms at sea impeded our progress.
impermeable
not allowing liquids or gases to pass through OPP permeable نشت ناپذیر
No paint is impermeable to water vapour.
imperturbable
remaining calm and unworried in spite of problems or difficulties SYN unflappable
impervious
غیر قابل نفوذ
1 formal not affected or influenced by something and seeming not to notice it
impervious to
His ego was impervious to self-doubt.
2 technical not allowing anything to enter or pass through
impervious volcanic rock
impervious to
materials that are impervious to water
impinge
impinge on/upon somebody/something phrasal verb formal گند زدن ب چیزی
to have a harmful effect on someone or something
Personal problems experienced by students may impinge on their work.
implicit
1 suggested or understood without being stated directly OPP explicit
implicit criticism/threat/assumption
Her words contained an implicit threat.
His statement is being seen as implicit criticism of the work of research laboratories.
2 formal forming a central part of something, but without being openly stated
implicit in
Confidentiality is implicit in your relationship with a counselor.
3 complete and containing no doubts
implicit faith/trust/belief
They had implicit faith in his powers.
implode
1 technical to explode inwards OPP explode
The windows on both sides of the room had imploded.
2 written if an organization or system implodes, it fails suddenly, often because of faults that it has SYN collapse
Most nations learned their lesson during the 1930s, when trade imploded and incomes plunged.
imprecation
curse, damnation
حرف زشت
inadvertenly
carelessly, unintentionally
“without knowledge or intent,” like when you inadvertently take someone else’s coat from the coatroom because it looks just like yours.
