GRE Vocabulary Cartoons: H Words

hackneyed

used so often as to lack freshness or originality

(adj.) overused

haggard

(adj.) thin, pale, and careworn as a result of worry or suffering; wild-looking

(adj.) worn-out looking

halcyon

(adj.) calm and peaceful; happy; golden; prosperous

hallowed

greatly respected; holy; sacred

(adj.) sacred

hapless

(adj.) unlucky

Haptic

(adj.) relating to the sense of touch

harangue

a long, strongly expressed speech or lecture

(noun) a ranting lecture

harbinger

an omen or sign

(noun) something that shows what will happen in the future

hardscrabble

(adj.) involving hard work and struggle

harmonious

(adj.) able to get along together well; combining different elements that blend pleasingly; melodious

(adj.) free from disagreement

harried

tormented; harassed

(adj.) harassed

harrow

(verb) to distress, create stress or torment

haughty

(adj.) arrogantly superior and disdainful

headlong

(adj.) With great speed or force; reckless

(adj.) rash

Hector

(verb) to bully; to pester

hegemony

domination over others

(noun) dominance

heinous

(adj.) very wicked, offensive, hateful

(adj.) hateful

herald

to bear news; to announce, messenger

1. (noun) messenger

2. (verb) to signal the arrival of

hermetic

impervious to external influence; airtight

(adj.) protected from outside influence

heterodox

(adj.) unorthodox

(adj.) unconventional

heterogeneous

composed of unlike parts; different; diverse

(adj.) different

heyday

the period of greatest power, vigor, success, or influence; the prime years

(noun) one’s best time period

hiatus

(n.) a gap, opening, break (in the sense of having an element missing)

(noun) a break

hidebound

(adj.) narrow-minded and rigid, especially in opinions or prejudices; stubbornly and unthinkingly conservative

(adj.) inflexible

histrionic

(adj.) pertaining to actors and their techniques; theatrical, artificial; melodramatic

(adj.) overly emotional for effect

hodgepodge

Mixture of different kinds of things, jumble

(noun) a jumble of different things

holistic

dealing with something as a whole rather than by its individual parts

(adj.) dealing with something as a whole

homespun

simple and unsophisticated

(adj.) simple

homogeneous

(adj.) of the same kind

hortatory

(adj.) encouraging; inciting

Hubris

(noun) excessive pride or self-confidence

humdrum

(adj.) boring

husbandry

management of resources, especially in agriculture

(noun) careful management