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Hibernal
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adj. wintry. Berar prepare for thie long hibernal sleep by overeating.
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Hindmost
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adj. furthers behind
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Hinterlands
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n. back country
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Hireling
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n. one who serves for hire
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Hirstue
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adj. hairy. He was a hirsute individual with a heavy black beard.
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Hoary
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adj. white with age. the man was hoary and wrinkled when he was 70.
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Holocaust
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n. destruction by fire
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Homily
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n. sermous; serious warning. His speeches were always homilies, advising his listeners to repent and reform.
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Hone
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v. sharpen
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Horde
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n. crowd. Just before Christmas, there are hordes of people shopping.
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Hortatory
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adj. encouraging; exhortive. The crowd listened to his hortatory comments with ever-growing excitement.
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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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Hubbub
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n. confused uproar. The marketplace was a scene of hubbub.
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Hubris
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n. arrogance; excessive self-conceit. Filled with hubris. Lear refused to heed his freinds' warning.
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Hummock
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n. small hill
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Hurtle
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v. crash; rush
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Husband
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v. use sparingly; conserve; save
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Hyperbole
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n. exaggeration; overstatement
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Ichthyology
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n. study of fish
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Iconoclastic
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adj. attacking cherished traditions. Deeply iconoclastic, Jean Genet deliberately wrote plays that shocked conventional theater goers.
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Idiom
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n. expession whose meanings as a whole differs from the meanings of its indvidual words; distinctive style. "To lose one's marbles"
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Idyllic
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adj. charmingly carefree; simple. I miss his idyllic ways.
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Igneous
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adj. produced by fire; volcanic. Lava, pumice, and other igneous rocks are found in great abundance around Mount Vusuvius near Naples.
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Ignominy
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n. deep disgrace; shame or dishonor; syn. ignoble
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Illimitable
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adj. un limitless
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Imbibe
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v. drink in. The dry soil imbibed the rain quickly.
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Imbroglio
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n. complicated situation; painful or comples misunderstanding; entanglement; confused mass.
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Imbue
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v. saturate; fill. His visits to the famous Gothisc catherdrals imbued him iwth feelins of awe and reverence.
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