Quizlet H I J words

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  1. hackneyed: adj. overused
  2. haggard: adj. worn out
  3. halcyon: adj. calm
  4. hallow: v. make holy
  5. harangue: n. loud remark v. deliver loud remard
  6. harbinger: n. foreshadow
  7. harrow: v. till land; distress
  8. hermetic: adj. sealed
  9. hubris: n. pride
  10. hyperbole: n. exaggeration
  11. ignominy: n. dishonor
  12. imbibe: v. drink
  13. impervious: adj. incapable of being affected
  14. impetuous: adj. impulsive, passionate
  15. implore: v. beg
  16. impugn: v. challenge
  17. indiscriminate: adj. unselective
  18. indolent: adj. lazy; slow to heal
  19. innocuous: adj. harmless
  20. insidious: adj. intented to entrap; alluring
  21. intimate: v. hint; proclaim
  22. inveterate: adj. habitual
  23. invidious: adj. provode envy; envy
  24. jaded: adj. worn out
  25. jape: v. joke n. joke
  26. jargon: n. meaningless talk
  27. jaunty: adj. brisk, dapper
  28. jejune: adj. dull
  29. jettison: v. cast overboard n. act of casting overboard
  30. jibe: v. make heckling remarks n. heckling remark
  31. jocular: adj. joking
  32. jocund: adj. sprightly
  33. jostle: v. push n. a push
  34. jounce: v. jolt n. a jolt
  35. juxtapose: v. place side by side
  36. laconic: adj. brief and to the point
  37. laden: adj. loaded; burdened v. load
  38. lampoon: n. written attack v. ridicule
  39. languid: adj. lacking energy
  40. languor: n. lack of energy
  41. laud: v. to praise n. praise
  42. libertine: n. a dissolute person adj. dissolute
  43. lillipution: adj. small
  44. limn: v. describe by drawing
  45. limpid: adj. clear
  46. loquacious: adj. talkative
  47. lucid: adj. easily understood
  48. lumber: v. move with clumsiness
  49. magnanimous: adj. noble and unselfish
  50. malevolent: adj. malicious
  51. malinger: v. fake illness
  52. malleable: adj. adaptable
  53. maunder: v. talk or act aimlessly
  54. mendicant: n. beggar
  55. mince: v.t. subdivide; say politely v.i. speak politely
  56. misanthrope: n. someone that hates people
  57. mitigate: v. become milder
  58. mollify: v. soothe; soften
  59. morose: adj. gloomy
  60. multifarious: adj. diverse
  61. mundane: adj. ordinary
  62. nefarious: adj. infamously evil
  63. nihilism: n. belief in complete destruction
  64. normative: adj. of the norms
  65. noxious: adj. injurious to health
  66. numinous: adj. supernatural; sublime
  67. obdurate: adj. stubborn
  68. obtuse: adj. lack of intelligence; blunt
  69. occlude: v. obstuct
  70. opprobrium: n. ignominy
  71. ostensible: adj. what appears to be