Hibernal - Imbue
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| Hibernal | wintry |
| Hibernate | to sleep throughout the winter |
| Hierarchy | arrangement by rank or standing; authoritarian body divided into ranks |
| Hieroglyphic | picture writing |
| Hilarity | cheerfulness; boisterous gaiety |
| Hindmost | furthest behind |
| Hindrance | block; obstacle |
| Hinterlands | back country |
| Hireling | one who serves for hire |
| Hirsute | hairy |
| Histrionic | theatrical |
| Hoard | to stockpile; accumulate for future use |
| Hoary | white with age |
| Hoax | a trick; a practical joke |
| Holocaust | a great destruction by fire |
| Holster | pistol case |
| Homage | honor; tribute |
| Homeostasis | tendency of a system to maintain relative stavility |
| Homespun | domestic; made at home |
| Homily | sermon; serious warning |
| Homogeneous | of the same kind |
| Hone | to sharpen |
| Hoodwink | to deceive; to delude |
| Horde | a crowd |
| Hortatory | encouraging; exhorting |
| Horticultural | pertaining to cultivation of gardens |
| Hostility | unfriendliness; hatred |
| Hovel | a shack; a small, wretched house |
| Hover | to hang about; to wait nearby |
| Hubbub | confused uproar |
| Hubris | arrogance; excessive self |
| Hue | color; aspect |
| Hue and cry | outcry |
| Humane | marked by kindness or consideration |
| Humdrum | dull; monotonous |
| Humid | damp |
| Humility | humbleness of spirit |
| Hummock | small hill |
| Humus | substance formed by decaying vegetable matter |
| Hurtle | to crash; to rush |
| Husband | to use sparingly; to conserve; to save <Marathon runners must husband their energy so that they can keep going for the entire distance.> |
| Husbandry | frugality; thrift; agriculture |
| Hybrid | mongrel; mixed breed |
| Hydrophobia | fear of water; rabies |
| Hyperbole | exaggeration; overstatement |
| Hypercritical | excessively exacting |
| Hypochondriac | person unduly worried about his health; worrier without cause about illness |
| Hypocritical | pretending to be virtuous; deceiving |
| Hypothetical | based on assumptions or hypotheses; supposed |
| Ichthyology | study of fish |
| Icon | religious image; idol |
| Iconoclastic | attacking cherished traditions |
| Ideology | system of ideas characteristic of a group of culture |
| Idiom | expression whose meaning as a whole differs from the meanings of its individual words; distinctive style |
| Idiosyncrasy | individual trait, usually odd in nature; eccentricity |
| Idolatry | worship of idols; excessive admiration |
| Idyllic | charmingly carefree; simple |
| Igneous | produced by fire; volcanic |
| Ignite | to kindle; to light |
| Ignoble | unworthy; not noble |
| Ignominy | deep disgrace; shame or dishonor |
| Illicit | illegal |
| Illimitable | infinite |
| Illuminate | to brighten; to clear up or make understandable; enlighten |
| Illusion | misleading vision |
| Illusive | deceiving |
| Illusory | deceptive; not real |
| Imbalance | lack of balance or symmetry |
| Imbecility | weakness of mind |
| Imbibe | to drink in |
| Imbroglio | complicated situation; painful or complex misunderstanding; entanglement; confused mass (as of papers) |
| Imbue | to saturate, fill |
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