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GRE Barrons Words H
A complete list of Barron's GRE Wordlist, with meanings and sentences.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| hackles | hairs on back and neck, especially of a dog The dog's hackles rose and he began to growl as the sound of footsteps grew louder. |
| hackneyed | commonplace; trite The English teacher criticized her story because of its hackneyed and unoriginal plot. |
| haggard | wasted away; gaunt After his long illness, he was pale and haggard. |
| haggle | argue about prices I prefer to shop in a store that has a one-price policy because, whenever I haggle with a shopkeeper, I am never certain that I paid a fair price for the articles I purchased. |
| halcyon | calm; peaceful In those halcyon days, people were not worried about sneak attacks and bombings. |
| hale | healthy After a brief illness, he was soon hale. |
| hallowed | blessed; consecrated She was laid to rest in hallowed ground. |
| hallucination | delusion I think you were frightened by a hallucination that you created in you own mind. |
| halting | hesitant; faltering Novice extemporaneous speakers often talk in a halting fashion as they grope for the right words. |
| hamper | obstruct The minority party agreed not to hamper the efforts of the leaders to secure a lasting peace. |
| hap | chance; luck In his poem hap, Thomas Hardy objects to the part chance plays in our lives. |
| haphazard | random; by chance His haphazard reading left him unaquainted with the authors of the books. |
| hapless | unfortunate This hapless creature had never known a moment's pleasure. |
| harangue | long, passionate, and vehement speech In her lengthy harangue, the principal berated the offenders. |
| harass | annoy by repeated attacks When he could not pay his bills as quickly as he had promised, he was harrassed by his creditors. |
| harbinger | forerunner The crocus is an early harbinger of spring. |
| harbor | provide a refuge for; hide The church harbored illegal aliens who were political refugees. |
| hardy | sturdy; robust; able to stand inclement weather We asked the gardening expert to recommend particularly hardy plants that could withstand our harsh New England winters. |
| harping | tiresome dwelling on a subject After he had reminded me several times about what he had done for me I told him to stop his harping on my indebtedness to him. |
| harrow | break up ground after plowing; torture I don't want to harrow you at this time by asking you to recall the details of your unpleasant experience. |
| harry | harass, annoy, torment; raid The guerrilla band harried the enemy nightly. |
| hatch | deck opening; lid covering a deck opening The latch on the hatch failed to catch, so the hatch remained unlatched. |
| haughtiness | pride; arrogance I resent his haughtiness because he is no better than we are. |
| hazardous | dangerous Your occupation is too hazardous for insurance companies to consider your application. |
| hazy | slightly obscure In hazy weather, you cannot see the top of this mountain. |
| headlong | hasty; rash The slave seized the unexpected chance to make a headlong dash across the border to freedom. |
| headstrong | stubborn; willful; unyielding Because she refused to marry the man her parents had chosen for her, everyone scolded Minna and called her a foolish, headstrong girl. |
| heckler | person who verbally harasses others The heckler kept interrupting the speaker with rude remarks. |
| hedonism | belief that pleasure is the sole aim in life hedonism and asceticism are opposing philosophies of human behavior. |
| heedless | not noticing; disregarding He drove on, heedless of the warnings that the road was dangerous. |
| hegemony | dominance, especially of one nation over others As one Eastern European nation after another declared its independence, commentators marveled at the sudden breakdown of the once monolithic Soviet hegemony. |
| heinous | atrocious; hatefully bad Hitler's heinous crimes will never be forgotten. |
| herbivorous | grain-eating Some herbivorous animals have two stomachs for digesting their food. |
| heresy | opinion contrary to popular belief or to accepted religion He was threatened with excommunication because his remarks were considered to be pure heresy. |
| heretic | person who maintains opinions contrary to the doctrines of the church She was punished by the Spanish Inquisition because she was a heretic. |
| hermetic | sealed by fusion so as to be airtight After these bandages are sterilized, they are placed in hermetic containers. |
| hermetic | obscure and mysterious; occult It is strange to consider that modern chemistry originated in the hermetic teachings of the ancient alchemists. |
| hermitage | home of a hermit Even in his remote hermitage he could not escape completely from the world. |
| herpetologist | one who studies reptiles As a boy, Indiana Jones had a traumatic experience involving snakes; sensibly enough, he studies to be archaeologist, not a herpetologist. |
| heterodox | unorthodox; unconventional To those who upheld the belief that the earth did not move, Galileo's theory that the earth circled the sun was disturbingly heterodox. |
| heterogeneous | dissimilar In a heterogeneous group, we have an unassorted assemblage, while in a homogeneous group we have people or things that have common traits. |
| hew | cut to pieces with ax or sword The cavalry rushed into melee and hewed the enemy with their swords. |
| heyday | time of greatest success; prime In their heyday, the San Francisco Forty-Niners won the Super Bowl two years running. |
| hiatus | gap; pause Except for a brief two-year hiatus, during which she enrolled in the Peace Corps, Ms. Clements has devoted herself to her medical career. |
| hibernal | wintry Bears prepare for their long hibernal sleep by overeating. |
| hibernate | sleep throughout the winter Bears are one of the many species of animals that hibernate. |
| hierarchy | body divided into ranks It was difficult to step out of one's place in this hierarchy. |
| hieroglyphic | picture writing The discovery of the Rosetta Stone enabled scholars to read the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics. |
| hilarity | boisterous mirth The hilarity is improper on this solemn day of mourning. |
| hindmost | furthest behind The coward could always be found in the hindmost lines whenever a battle was being waged. |
| hindrance | block; obstacle Stalled cars along the highway are a hindrance to traffic that tow trucks should remove without delay. |
| hinterlands | back country They seldom had visitors, living as they did way out in the hinderlands. |
| hireling | one who serves for hire (usually used contemptuously) In a matter of such importance, I do not wish to deal with hirelings; I must meet with the chief. |
| hirsute | hairy He was a hitsute individual with a heavy black beard. |
| histrionic | theatrical He was proud of his histrionic ability and wanted to paly the role of Hamlet. |
| hoard | stockpile; accumulate for future use Whenever there are rumors of a food shortage, people are tempted to hoard food. |
| hoary | white with age The man was hoary and wrinkled when he was 70. |
| hoax | trick; practical joke Embarrassed by the hoax, he reddened and left the room. |
| holocaust | destruction by fire Citizens of San Francisco remember that the destruction of the city was caused not by the earthquake but by the holocaust that followed. |
| holster | pistol case Even when he was not in uniform, he carried a holster and pistol under his arm. |
| homage | honor; tribute In her speech she tried to pay homage to a great man. |
| homeostasis | tendency of a system to maintain relative stability A breakdown of the body's immune system severely undermines the body's ability to maintain homeostasis. |
| homespun | domestic; made at home homespun wit, like homespun cloth, was often coarse and plain. |
| homily | sermon; serious warning His speeches were always homilies, advising his listeners to repent and reform. |
| homogeneous | of the same kind Many educators try to put pupils of similar abilities in the same class because they believe that his homogeneous grouping is advisable. |
| hone | sharpen To make shaving easier, he honed his razor with great care. |
| hoodwink | deceive; delude Having been hoodwinked once by the fast-talking salesman, he was extremely cautious when he went to purchase a used car. |
| horde | crowd Just before Christmas the stores are filled with hordes of shoppers. |
| hortatory | encouraging; exhortive The crowd listened to his hortatory statements with ever-growing excitement; finally they rushed from the hall to carry to his suggestions. |
| horticultural | pertaining to cultivation of gardens When he bought his house, he beganto look for flowers and decorative shrubs, and began to read books dealing with horticultural matters. |
| hovel | shack; small, wretched house He wondered how poor people could stand living in such a hovel. |
| hover | hang about; wait nearby The police helicopter hovered above the accident. |
| hubbub | confused uproar The marketplace was a scene of hubbub and excitement. |
| hubris | arrogance; excessive self-conceit Filled with hubris, Lear refused to heed his friends' warnings. |
| hue | color; aspect The aviary contained birds of every possible hue. |
| hue | outcry When her purse was snatched, she raised such a hue and cry that the thief was captured. |
| humane | kind His humane and considerate treatment of the unfortunate endeared him to all. |
| humdrum | dull; monotonous After years of adventure, he could not settle down to a humdrum existence. |
| humid | damp She could not stand the humid climate and moved to a drier area. |
| humility | humbleness of spirit He spoke with a humility and lack of pride that impressed his listeners. |
| hummock | small hill The ascent of the hummock is not difficult and the view from the hilltop is ample reward tor the effort. |
| humus | substance formed by decaying vegetable matter In order to improve his garden, he spread humus over his lawn and flower beds. |
| hurtle | crash; rush The runaway train hurtled toward disaster. |
| husbandry | frugality; thrift; agriculture He accumulated his small fortune by diligence and husbandry. |
| hybrid | mongrel; mixed breed Mendel's formula explains the appearance of hybrids and pure species in breeding. |
| hydrophobia | fear of water; rabies A dog that bites a human being must be observed for symptoms of hydrophobia. |
| hyperbole | exaggeration; overstatement This salesman is guilty of hyperbole in describing his product; it is wise to discount his claims. |
| hypercritical | excessively exacting You are hypercritical in your demands for perfection; we all make mistakes. |
| hypochondriac | person unduly worried about his health; worrier without cause about illness The doctor prescribed chocolate pills for his patient who was a hypocondriac. |
| hypocritical | pretending to be virtuous; deceiving I resent his hypocritical posing as a friend for I know he is interested only in his own advancement. |
| hypothetical | based on assumptions or hypotheses Why do we have to consider hypothetical cases when we have actual case histories that we may examine? |
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