| Term | Definition |
|---|
| hackneyed | overfamiliar through overuse |
| haggard | appearing worn and exhausted; wild and intractable |
| halcyon | calm and peaceful; tranquil; prosperous; golden |
| hallow | to make or set apart as holy; to respect or honor greatly; revere |
| harangue | a long pompous speech; a speech or piece of writing characterized by strong feeling or expression; tirade; v: to deliver a long and pompous speech |
| harbinger | one that indicates or foreshadows what is to come |
| harrow | to break up and level with a farm instrument; to inflict great distress or tormention; to plunder |
| hermetic | completely sealed, esp. against the escape or entry of; impervious to outside interference or influence |
| hubris | overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance |
| hyperbole | a figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect |
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