Toefl Vocabulary H-I-J
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HAIL: To greet - The crowd hailed the returning hero.
Synonyms: accost, salute
HARANGUE (verb): To deliver a long. noisy speech- harangued the multitude.
Synonyms: rant, declaim
(noun): A loud, tiresome speech - an empty harangue which bored his audience.
Synonym: tirade
HARBINGER, A forerunner; ail announcer - the robin, harbinger of spring.
Synonyms:precursor, herald
HAUGHTY: Proud; looking down with contempt on others - dismissed the messenger in a haughty manner.
HEEDLESS: Thoughtless; taking little care - rushed into battle, heedless of the danger.
Synonyms: inadvertent, rash, incautious
Antonyms: prudent, circumspect, mindful, wary
HEINOUS: Wicked; hateful - committed a heinous crime.
Synonyms: atrocious, outrageous, monstrous, odious, nefarious, abominable
HERESY: An opinion held in opposition to the traditional view - a view condemned as heresy.
Synonym: heterodoxy
Antonym: orthodoxy
HIATUS: A gap or vacancy; break -left a hiatus on the page where he erased a sentence.
Synonym:breach
HISTRIONIC: Pertaining to the theater; designed for show - broke into histrionic laughter, hollow and insincere.
Synonyms: dramatic, theatrical
HOAX (noun): A trick or deception; a practical joke - played a hoax upon the credulous public.
Synonym: canard
(verb): To play a trick on; to deceive - He hoaxed the crowd completely with his disguise.
HOMONYM: Two words having the same sound but different meanings - confusing such homonyms as mail add male.
HOVEL: A dirty or wretched dwelling - born in a hovel, died in a mansion.
HYPERBOLE: Extravagant exaggeration for effect - An example of hyperbole: "There are a million objections to the project."
Synonym: overstatement
Antonym: understatement
HYPOTHESIS: An assumption made for the sake of argument - worked from a fantastic hypothesis.
Synonym: supposition
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IDIOSYNCRASY: A. personal peculiarity - Wearing white was one of Whistler's idiosyncrasies.
Synonyms: eccentricity, foible, mannerism, crotchet, aberration, quirk, singularity
IGNOMINIOUS (noun: IGNOMINY): Incurring public disgrace - suffered an ignominious descent from political power.
Synonyms: infamous, degrading, opprobrious, odious
Antonyms: illustrious, renowned, preeminent
IMMACULATE: Spotless; pure - an immaculate reputation.
Synonyms: undefiled, unsullied, unblemished, untarnished
Antonyms: defiled, sullied, blemished
IMMINENT: Likely to occur soon - stood in imminent peril.
Synonym: impending
IMMUNE (verb: IMMUNIZE): Exempt from; protected from - immune from taxation.
Synonym : unsusceptible
IMPALE: To pierce through with a pointed instrument - impaled a spider to the wall.
IMPEACH:
(1) To accuse (a public official) of wrongdoing - impeached the judge for accepting a bribe.
Synonym: arraign
(2) To cast discredit upon - impeached his motives.
Synonyms: call in question, discredit
IMPECCABLE: Faultless - performed with impeccable skill.
Synonyms: consummate, irreproachable, unerring, infallible
Antonyms: culpable, fallible
IMPERVIOUS: Incapable of being penetrated - a mind impervious to new ideas.
Synonyms: impermeable, impenetrable
Antonyms: permeable, pervasive
IMPLACABLE: Incapable of being soothed, made peaceful, or forgiving - implacable resentment.
Synonyms: unrelenting, inexorable, unappeasable
Antonyms: placable, forbearing
IMPLICIT:
(1) Implied but not clearly expressed - an implicit agreement.
(2) Unquestioning - implicit confidence.
Synonyms: tacit, implied
Antonym: explicit
IMPORT (noun): Meaning; significance or importance - a matter of great import.
Synonyms: purport, moment, consequence
IMPOSTOR (noun: IMPOSTURE): One who pretends to be what he is notunmasked as an impostor.
Synonyms: quack, mountebank, charlatan, bogus, fraud
IMPRECATION: A curse - hurled imprecations at those who would not listen to him.
Synonyms: execration, malediction, anathema
Antonyms: benediction, benison
IMPREGNABLE: Unconquerable - an impregnable fortress.
Synonym: invincible
Antonym: vulnerable
IMPROPRIETY: Improper act, manners, or expression - guilty of impropriety in public office.
Synonyms: indecency, indecorum
Antonym: amenity
IMPROVIDENT: Lacking in thrift; not providing for future needs - an improvident spender.
Synonyms: prodigal, shiftless
IMPUGN: To attack or criticize as false; to call in question - impugned his honesty.
INCARCERATE: To imprison - crushed his opponents by incarcerating them.
Synonyms: intern, immure
Antonyms: emancipate, enfranchise
INCISIVE: Cutting, penetrating - incisive criticism.
Synonyms: sarcastic, mordant, trenchant, acute
INCOGNITO. With one's identity concealed - traveled incognito.
INCONTROVERTIBLE: Indisputable - incontrovertible evidence.
Synonyms: irrefutable, -indubitable
INCREMENT: An increase - a salary increment.
Synonym: accrual
INCUMBENT (noun): An officeholder - the incumbent in an election.
(adj.): Obligatory - felt it incumbent to reply.
Synonyms: - mandatory, imperative
INDEFATIGABLE: Untiring - an indefatigable worker.
Synonyms:unflagging, unremitting, persevering
INDIGENOUS: Native - Rice is indigenous to China.
Synonyms:innate, inborn
INDOOMITABLE: Stubborn in determination not to be subdued - indomitable courage.
Synonyms:insuperable, irrepressible, invincible, unyielding
Antonyms:tractable, amenable, docile, submissive
INFERENCE: A conclusion reached by reasoning from data or premises - an inference drawn from his remarks.
Synonyms:deduction, implication
INGENIOUS: Demonstrating originality, skill, or resourcefulness - an ingenious device.
Synonyms:dextrous, inventive, adroit
Antonyms:maladroit, gauche
INGENUOUS: Simple and straightforward; concealing nothing - an ingenuous plan that anyone could see through.
Synonyms: unsophisticated, naive, candid
Antonym: sophisticated
INGRATIATE: To win another's favor or good opinion tried to ingratiate himself with the politician.
INHIBIT: To check or hinder - inhibited his friend from a foolhardy course.
Synonyms:restrain, curb
Antonym: promote
INNOCUOUS: Harmless; inoffensive - an innocuous remark, but it enraged him.
INNUENDO: An indirect reference or suggestion (frequently derogatory) - conveyed his idea by innuendo.
Synonyms: (verb) intimate, insinuate
INORDINATE: Excessive - spoiled by inordinate praise.
Synonyms: immoderate, intemperate, extravagant
INSATIABLE: Unable to be satisfied - insatiable greed
Synonyms. unappeasable, unquenchable, insatiate
INSCRUTABLE: Incapable of interpretation or understanding - the inscrutable smile of the Mona Lisa.
Synonyms: unfathomable, cryptic, enigmatic
INSIDIOUS: Working secretly or slyly - that insidious disease, cancer.
Synonyms: wily, crafty, furtive, treacherous, artful, guileful perfidious
INSTIGATE: To stir tip - instigated discontent among the soldiers.
Synonyms: foment, incite
INTEGRITY: Honesty, moral soundness - a man of proved integrity.
Synonyms: probity, uprightness, incorruptibility
INVEIGH (noun-. INVECTIVE): To speak angrily or bitterly-inveighed against economic discrimination.
Synonyms: rail, denounce, fulminate, vituperate
IRASCIBLE: Easily angered - Even petty things made Peter irascible.
Synonyms: choleric, petulant, testy, peevish, splenetic, touchy
Antonyms: placid, equable
IRE: Anger -aroused his ire.
Synonyms: resentment; (adj.) irate, incensed
IRKSOME: Tedious, monotonous - an irksome chore that no one liked.
ITINERANT: Traveling about; wandering - an itinerant salesman.
Synonym: nomadic
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JARGON: Confused, unintelligible, meaningless talk; special vocabulary used only by members of a group or trade - Variety, a newspaper written in theatrical jargon.
Synonyms: gibberish, argot, cant
JAUNTY: Having an air of easy carelessness or liveliness - walked with a jaunty step.
Synonyms: sprightly, airy, gay, nonchalant, debonair
Antonyms: somber, staid
JEOPARDY: Danger - His life was in jeopardy.
Synonyms: hazard, peril
JETTISON: To throw overboard (as cargo); to throw off (as a burden or something in the way )- jettisoned their old candidate as a political liability.
JUDICIOUS: Wise; using or exhibiting good judgment - a well-chosen plan, termed judicious by all.
Synonyms:discreet, politic, discerning
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