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hazy
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slightly obscure. In hazy weather, you cannot see the top of this mountain
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hazardous
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dangerous. Your occuption is too hazardous for nsurance companies to consider your application
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haven
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place of safety; refuge. For Ricardo, the school library became his haven, a place to which he could retreat during chaotic times
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haugtiness
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pride; arrogance. When she realized that Darcy believed himself too good to dance with his inferiors, Elizabeht took great offense at his haugtiness
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hatch
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deck opening; lid coveringa deck opening. The latch on the hatch failed to catch, so the hatch remained unlatched
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harry
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harass, anno, torment; raid. The guerrilla band harried the enemy nightly
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harrowing
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agonizing; distressing; traumatic. At first, Terry Anderson did not wish to discuss his harrowing months of captivity as a political hostage
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harping
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tiresome dwelling on a subject. After he had reminded me several times about what he had done for me I told him to stop his harping on my indepbtedness to him
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hardy
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sturdy; robust; able to stand inclement weather. We asked the gardening expert to recommend particularly hardy plants that could withstand our harsh New England winters
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harbor
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provide a refuge for; hide. THe church harbored illegal aliens who were political refugees
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harbinger
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forerunner, predict, early symptom. The crocus is an early harbinger of spring
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harass
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annoy by repeated attacks. When he could not pay his bills as quickly as he had promised, he was harrassed by his creditors
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harangue
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long, passionate and vehement speech. In her lengthy harangue, theprincipla berated the offenders
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hapless
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unfortunate. This hapless creature had never known a moment's pleasure
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haphazard
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random; by chance. His haphazard reading left him unqcquainted with many classic books
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hap
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chance; luck. In his poem Hap, Thomas Hardy objects to the part chance plays in our live
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hamper
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obstruct. The new mother hadn't realized how much the effort of caring for an infant would hamper her ability to keep an immaculate house
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halting
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hesitant; faltering. Novice extemporaneous speakers often talk in a halting fashion as they grope for the right words
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hallucination
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delusion. I think you were frightened by a hallucination that you created in your own mind.
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hallowed
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blessed; consecrated. Although the dead girl's parents had never been active churchgoers, they insisted that their daughter be buried in hallowed ground
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hale
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healthy. After a brief illness, he was soon hale
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halcyon
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calm; peaceful. In those halcyon days, people were not worried about sneak attacks and bombings
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haggle
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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
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haggard
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wasted away; gaunt. After his long illness, he was pale and haggard
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hackneyed
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commonplace; trite. When the reviewer criticsed the movie for its hackneyed plot, we agreed; we had seen similar stries hundreds of times before
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hackles
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hairs on back and neck, especially of a dog. The dog's hackes rose and he began to growl as the sound of footsteps grew louder
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habituate
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accustom or familiarize; addict. Macbeth gradually habituated himself to murder, shedding his scruples as he grew accustomed to his bloody deeds
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