| Term | Definition |
|---|
| hackneyed | banal, trite |
| haggard | appearing worn and gaunt |
| halcyon | calm and peaceful; prosperous, golden |
| hallow | to make or set apart as holy; to respect or honor greatly, revere |
| harangue | a long pompous speech, a tirade; to deliver a long speech or tirade |
| harbinger | one that indicates or foreshadows what is to come, forerunner |
| harrow | to break up and level with a harrow; to inflict great distress or torment on |
| hermetic | completely sealed, especially against the escape or entry of air; impervious to outside interference |
| hubris | overbearing pride; arrogance |
| hyperbole | a figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect |
| ignominy | great personal dishonor or humiliation; shameful or disgraceful action, conduct or character |
| imbibe | to drink; to absorb or take anything in as if by drinking; to receive and absorb into the mind; to permeate, saturate |
| impetuous | marked by a sudden and forceful energy or emontion; impulsive and passionate; having or 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 provoke strong emotion; insipid |
| insidious | working or spreading harmfully in a subtle manner; intended to entrap, treacherous; beguiling but harmful |
| inveterate | firmly and long established; persisting in an ingrained habit |
| invidious | tending to rouse ill will or resentment; containing or implying a slight; envious |
| jape | to joke or quip; a joke or quip |
| jargon | nonsensical or incoherent talk; the specialized or technical language of a trade or profession |
| jaunty | having a buyoant or self-confident air; dapper in appearance |
| jejune | not interesting; lacking maturity, childish; lacking in nutrition |
| jettison | to cast overboard or off; to discard; the act of discarding |
| jibe | to be in accord; agree |
| jocose | given to joking, merry |
| jocund | lighthearted, merry |
| jounce | to move with bumps and jolts, bounce; a rough jolting movement |
| juxtapose | to place side by side, especially to contrast |
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