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Words starting with “H”

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(82 Words with Meaning in English)

1. habitat  natural environment
2. habituate   accustom
3. hackneyed  trite
4. haggard  gaunt
5. halcyon  serene
6. hale   healthy
7. hallucination    delusion
8. hamper  obstruct
9. hapless   unlucky
10. harangue  tirade
11. harass  torment
12. harbinger  forerunner
13. harbor  give shelter, conceal
14. hardy  healthy
15. harlequin   clown
16. harp  complain incessantly
17. harridan  hag
18. harrowing   distressing
19. harry  harass
20. haughty  arrogant
21. haven  refuge
22. havoc  destruction, chaos
23. hearsay   gossip
24. hedonism  the pursuit of pleasure in life
25. heed  follow advice
26. heedless   careless
27. hegemony  authority, domination
28. hegira  a journey to a more pleasant place
29. heinous   vile,  atrocious
30. heliocentric  having the sun as a center
31. helix   a  spiral
32. helots   slaves
33. herald  harbinger
34. herbivorous   feeding on plants
35. Herculean  powerful, large
36. hermetic  airtight, sealed
37. hermit  one who lives in solitude
38. herpetologist one who studies reptiles
39. heterodox  departing form established doctrines
40. heuristic  teaching device or method
41. hew  cut
42. heyday  glory days, prime
43. hiatus  interruption
44. hibernal  wintry
45. hidalgo  nobleman
46. hidebound  prejudiced, provincial
47. hideous  horrible
48. hie  to hasten
49. highbrow  intellectual
50. hirsute  bearded
51. histrionic   overly dramatic
52. holograph  written entirely by hand
53. homage   respect
54. homely   plain
55. homily   sermon
56. homogeneous    uniform
57. homonym  words that are identical in spelling and pronunciation
58. hone  sharpen
59. horde  group
60. hortatory  inspiring good deeds
61. hospice   shelter
62. hovel  shanty, cabin
63. hoyden  tomboy
64. hubris  arrogance
65. hue  color
66. humane  compassionate
67. humanities  languages and literature
68. humility   humbleness
69. hummock  knoll, mound
70. humus  soil
71. husbandry  management
72. hybrid crossbreed
73. hydrophobia  fear of water
74. hygienic   sanitary
75. hymeneal  pertaining to marriage
76. hymn  religious song
77. hyperactive  overactive
78. hyperbole  exaggeration
79. hypertension   elevated blood pressure
80. hypocritical  deceiving, two-faced
81. hypoglycemic   low blood sugar
82. hypothermia  low body temperature