| 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 |
| ignominy | great personal dishonor or humiliation; shameful action, conduct, or character |
| imbibe | to drink; to absord or take as if by drinking; to permeate, saturate |
| impetuous | marked by sudden and forceful energy or emotion; impulsive and passionate; marked by violent force |
| implore | to appeal to in supplication, beseech; to beg for urgently; to make an earnest appeal |
| impugn | to attack as false or questionable; challenge in argument |
| incipient | beginning to exist or appear |
| innocuous | having no adverse effect, harmless; not likely to offend or provoke to strong emotion |
| insidious | working or spreading harmfully in a subtle manner; intended to entrap, treacherous |
| inveterate | firmly and long established; deep-rooted; habitual |
| invidious | tending to rouse ill will, animosity, or resentment; containing or implying a slight; envious |
| jape | to joke or quip, to make sport of; a joke or quip |
| jargon | nonsensical, incoherent, or meaningless talk; to speak or use nonsensical talk |
| jaunty | having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk; crisp and dapper in appearance; stylish, genteel |
| jejune | not interesting, dull, lacking maturity, childish, lacking in nutrition |
| jettison | to coast overboard or off, to discard as unwanted or burdensome; the act of discarding or casting overboard |
| jibe | to be in accord; agree |
| jocose | given to joking, merry, characterized by joking, humorous |
| jocund | sprightly and lighthearted in disposition, character, or quality |
| jounce | to move or cause to move with bumbs and jolts, bounce; a tough jolting movement, a jolt |
| juxtapose | to place side by side, especially for comparison or contrast |
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