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33 Cards in this Set
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haughtiness
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n.pride; arrognace
when she realized that Darcy believed himself too good to dance with his inferiors, Elizabeth took great offense at his haughtiness |
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haven
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n.place of saftey; refuge
For him, the school library became his haven, a place to which he could retreat during chaotic times |
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hazy
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adj.slightly obscure
In hazy weather, you cannot see the top of this mountain |
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headlong
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adj.hasty;rash
One should not rush headlong into buying stocks |
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headstrong
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adj.stubborn;willful;unyilding
We cannot tolerate his headstrong actions |
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heckler
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n.person who verbally harrasses others
The heckler kept interrupting the speaker with rude remarks |
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headonist
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n.one who believes that pleasure is the sole aim in life
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heedless
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adj.not noticing; disregarding
she drove on, heedless of the warnings that the road was dangerous. v.heed |
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hegemony
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n.dominace, especialy one nation over others
the commentators marveled at the sudden breakdown of the once monolithic Soviet hegemony |
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heinous
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adj.astrocious; hatefully bad
Hitler's heinous crimes will never be forgotten |
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herbivorous
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adj.grain-eating
some herbivorous mammals have two stomachs for digesting their food |
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heresy
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n.opinion contrary to popular belief or accepted origin
She was burned at the stake for heresy in the 14th century. |
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hermetic
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adj.sealed by fusion so as to be airtight
please seal the bottle with a hermetic seal to protect them from contamination from bacteria |
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hermetic(2)
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adj.obscure and mysterious; occult
modern chemistry originated in the hermetic teachings of the ancient alchemists. |
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hermitage
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n.home of a hermit
We danced on the green, dined at the hermitage, and wandered in the woods by moonlight. |
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herpetologist
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n.one who studies reptiles.
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heterodox
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adj.unorthodox;unconventional
Galileo's theory that the earth circled the sun was distrubingly heterodox at that time |
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heterogeneous
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adj.dissimilar; mixed
Fragmentation was inevitable within such a heterogeneous group, whose members had little in common |
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hew
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v.cut to pieces with ax or sword
Use arcane reaper to hew the horde |
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heyday
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n.time of greatest success; prime
In their heyday, the San Francisco Forty-Niners won the Super Bowl two years running |
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humdrum
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adj.dull;monotonous
After her years of adventure, she could not settle down to a humdrum existence |
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humane
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adj.marked by kindness or consideration
He's one of the most humane people I have ever worked with |
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hue and cry
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n.outcry
when her purse was snatched, she raised such a hue and cry that the thief was captured |
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hue
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n.color;aspect
The pottery is blue with a greenish hue |
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hubris
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n.arrogance;excessive self-conceit
Filled with hubris, he refused to heed his friend's warning |
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hiatus
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n.gap;pause
We are likely to be disconcerted by... hiatuses of thought |
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horticultural
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adj.pertaining to cultivation of gardens
horticultural book |
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hovel
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n.shack; small,wretched house
she wondered how poor people could stand living in such a hovel |
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hover
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v.hang about; wait nearby
The dogs hovered around me while I was fixing their dinner |
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hubbub
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n.confused uproar
We were disturbed by the hubbub from the outside |
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hostility
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n.unfriendliness;hatred
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humid
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adj.damp
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hazardous
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adj.dangerous
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