Vocabulary English-English With H Part 2
Hieroglyphics (noun)
written in, or constituting, or belonging to a system of writing in mainly pictorial characters
- It is agreed by most historians that the English alphabet descended from ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics.
Highlight (verb)
to draw attention to something, such as marking a text with a yellow pen
- An active reader underlines or highlights important points he has just read.
Hijack (verb)
to steal by stopping a vehicle on the highway; to commandeer a flying airplane especially by coercing the pilot at gunpoint
- A fourth airplane traveling from Newark to San Francisco was hijacked and, after turning east from its westerly course across Pennsylvania and Ohio, crashed in rural Somerset County, Pennsylvania at 10:03 a.m.
Hind (noun)
forming the part that follows or is behind; rear
- When bats sleep, they hang their head downwards from the long curved claws of their hind limbs.
Hollow (adjective)
a space in an otherwise solid mass
- The entire digestive system from the mouth to the anal sphincter is a single, long, hollow muscular tube about 30 feet long.
Home run (noun)
a hit in baseball that enables the batter to make a complete circuit of the bases and score a run
- The controversial supplement used by baseball slugger Mark McGwire during his 1998 record-breaking home run streak has once again struck out. Researchers found that androstenedione, known as "andro" for short, doesn't live up to its marketers' claims.
Homologous (adjective)
having the same relation, relative position; corresponding
- Though artificial chimp signaling systems have some analogies to human language (e.g., use in communication, combinations of more basic signals), it seems unlikely that they are homologous.
Hoodlum (noun)
gangster, thug, goon
- In some inner cities, there are hoodlums who steal cars and sell drugs.
Hoof (noun)
relating to a curved covering of horn that protects the front of or encloses the ends of her digits of an ungulate mammal and that corresponds to a nail or claw
- Large hoofed animals such as sheep tend travel in groups called flocks.
Host (noun)
a very large number of things grouped together
- At the old school, there are a host of old desks, chairs, and tables which could be auctioned off at the outdoor market next week.
Hostile (adjective)
having or showing unfriendliness or an eagerness to fight
- The Sioux fought against hostile tribes and white intruders.
Hotspot (noun)
a place in the upper mantle of the earth at which hot magma from the lower mantle up wells to melt through the crust usually in the interior of a tectonic plate to form a volcanic feature; a place in the crust overlying a hot spot
- Volcanoes located away from the edges of continental plates puzzled scientists for years, until most concluded that hotspots of lava rising from deep in the Earth were the cause.
Household (noun)
things pertaining to the family living in a house
- Group A and Group B had to remember sixteen household items in a given set of time. The group, which was given the items in an organized fashion, remembered the items faster and retained the list longer.
Hue (noun)
gradation of color; the attribute of colors that permits them to be classed as red, yellow, green, blue, or an intermediate between any contiguous pair of these colors
- On our image quality tests, the system's 17-inch FPD1730 LCD monitor displayed crisp and legible fonts on a newsletter and vibrant hues on a test photo.
Humanitarian (noun)
characterized by kindness and concern for others
- Georgia was established by a group of humanitarians who were determined to create a settlement for debtors imprisoned in British jails.
Hunk (noun)
an irregularly shaped mass of indefinite size
- Frederic Remington, having some success also as a sculptor, was known to take a hunk of clay and in just a few months turn it into a work or of art.
Hunker (verb)
to settle in or dig in for a sustained period
- Hunkered down in a windowless conference room, five scholars analyzed a high school student's essay with a scrutiny normally reserved for the likes of Hemingway or Dickens.
Hurtle (verb)
to move rapidly or forcefully
- The effect would have been as though a lousy cosmic golfer tore up a giant chunk of turf and sent it hurtling into orbit.
Herculean (adjective)
Greek hero renowned for his great strength and especially for performing 12 labors imposed on him by Hera; often not capitalized: of extraordinary power, extent, intensity, or difficulty
- But despite the herculean title, there's one thing he hasn't mastered. After hundreds of media interviews, roles in three films, and a large fan base that Viesturs calls the "Grateful Ed Tour," he still struggles to fully answer this question: Why climb?
Hurl (verb)
to send through the air with a motion of the hand or arm
- During 18 days in May 1924, hundreds of steam explosions from Kilauea hurled mud, debris, and hot rocks weighing as much as 8 tons (7,000 kg) as far as two thirds of a mile (1 km) from the center of Halema'uma'u the current crater within the larger volcanic depression (caldera) at Kilauea's summit.
Hustler (noun)
one who deceives another for financial gain
- Many hustlers sought to attract visitors and investors to the burgeoning mining areas of California during the 1800's.
Hybrid (adjective)
offspring of two plants or animals of different species or different varieties; a thing composed of diverse elements
- Hybrid cars, designed to run on gasoline and electric power, will be more the rule than the exception as US auto manufacturers become more environmentally aware.
Hype (noun)
extravagant or intensive publicity promotion
- Although several successful mining ventures were launched, much of the hype was bogus, a fact which suggests that most miners did not make much money even though they were told that they would.
Hypersensitive (adjective)
being extremely sensitive to something; having an acute reaction to external stimuli
- Immunizing patients with bee venom can better prevent serious or even fatal reactions to the more than one million Americans who are hypersensitive to bee stings.
Hypoxia (noun)
a deficiency of oxygen reaching the tissues of the body
- When climbers reach the summit of Mount Everest, few feel as if they’re on top of the world. The thin air at this extreme altitude offers only a third of the oxygen available at sea level. Lack of oxygen, or hypoxia, starts a chain of reactions that can result in altitude sickness.
Hypnosis (noun)
state like sleep in which one acts only on external suggestion
- Most people have observed mild dissociative episodes in which they lose touch with their surroundings. Examples include daydreaming, highway hypnosis, or losing oneself in a movie or book.
Hypothesize (verb)
a proposition made as basis for reasoning, without the assumption of its truth
- One attempt to solve the dark matter problem hypothesizes the existence of an undiscovered particle already existed in the very early universe.
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