Kaplan's Vocab H

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habitat

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dwelling place

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hackneyed

Back 2

worn out by overuse

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hallowed

Back 3

holy; treated as sacred

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hamlet

Back 4

small village

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hapless

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unfortunate, having bad luck

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harbinger

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precursor, sign of something to come

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hardy

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robust, vigorous

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harrowing

Back 8

extremely distressing, terrifying

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hasten

Back 9

to hurry, to speed up

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haughty

Back 10

arrogant and condescending

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headstrong

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reckless; insisting on one's way

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heathen

Back 12

pagan; uncivilized and irreligious

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hectic

Back 13

hasty, hurried, confused

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hedonism

Back 14

pursuit of pleasure as a goal

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hegemony

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leadership, domination, usually by a country

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heighten

Back 16

to raise

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heinous

Back 17

shocking, wicked, terrible

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hemicycle

Back 18

semicircular form or structure

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hemorrhage (n)

Back 19

heavy bleeding

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hemorrhage (v)

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to bleed heavily

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heretical

Back 21

opposed to an established religious orthodoxy

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hermetic

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tightly sealed

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heterodox

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unorthodox, not widely accepted

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heterogeneous

Back 24

composed of unlike parts, different, diverse

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hew

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to cut with an ax

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hiatus

Back 26

break, interruption, vacation

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hidebound

Back 27

excessively rigid; dry and stiff

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hindsight

Back 28

perception of events after they happen

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hinterland

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wilderness

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hoary

Back 30

very old; whitish or gray from age

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holistic

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emphasizing importance of the whole and interdependence of its parts

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holocaust

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widespread distruction, usually by fire

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homage

Back 33

public honor and respect

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homogeneous

Back 34

composed of identical parts

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homonym

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word identical in pronunciation and spelling but different in meaning

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hone

Back 36

to sharpen

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honor

Back 37

to praise, glorify, pay tribute to

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humane

Back 38

merciful, kindly

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husband (v)

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to farm; manage carefully and thriftily

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hutch

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pen or coop for animals; shack, shanty

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hydrate

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to add water to

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hygienic

Back 42

clean, sanitary

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hymn

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religious song, usually of praise or thanks

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hyperbole

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purposeful exaggeration for effect

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hyperventilate

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to breathe abnormally fast

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hypochondria

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unfounded belief that one is often ill

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hypocrite

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person claiming beliefs or virtues he or she doesn't really possess

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hypothermia

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abnormally low body temperature

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hypothesis

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assumption subject to proof

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hypothetical

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theoretical, speculative