GRE Vocabs Hs

hackneyed

(a) Lacking in originality; overused.

haggard

(a) Looking exhausted and unwell, especially from fatigue or worry.

halcyon

(a) Denoting a period of time in the past that was idyllically happy and peaceful.

hallowed

(a) Regarded as holy; revered.

hapless

(a) Unfortunate or unlucky.

haptic

(a) Related to the sense of touch.

harangue

(n) A lengthy and aggressive speech.

harbinger

(n) A person or thing that announces or signals the approach of another.

hardscrabble

(a) Involving hardship and struggle for existence.

harmonious

(a) Forming a pleasing or consistent whole.

harried

(a) Feeling strained as a result of having demands persistently made on one.

harrow

(v) To cause distress to.

haughty

(a) Arrogantly superior and disdainful.

headlong

(adverb) In a rush; with reckless haste.

hector

(v) To intimidate or bully.

hegemony

(n) Leadership or dominance, especially by one country or social group over others.

heinous

(a) Utterly odious or wicked.

herald

(v) To be a sign that something will happen
(n) a person or thing viewed as a sign that something is about to happen

hermetic

(a) Secluded or airtight;

insulated or protected from outside influences
(IE: a seal, a society)

heterodox

(a) Not conforming with accepted or orthodox standards.

heterogeneous

(a) Consisting of different elements or parts.

heyday

(n) The period of greatest success or popularity.

hiatus

(n) A pause or break in continuity.

hidebound

(a) Unwilling or unable to change because of tradition or convention

hirsute

(a) Hairy; covered with hair.

histrionic

(a) Overly theatrical or melodramatic in character.

hodgepodge

(n) A confused mixture.

holistic

(a) Characterized by the belief that the parts of something are interconnected.

homespun

(a) Simple and unsophisticated.

homogeneous

(a) Of the same kind; alike.

hortatory

(a) Giving strong encouragement; tending or aiming to exhort (strongly encourage)

hubris

(n) Excessive pride or self-confidence.

humbuggery

(n) Deceit; trickery.

humdrum

(a) Lacking variety; boring.

husbandry

(n) the care, cultivation, and breeding of crops and animals;

management and conservation of resources