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unfortunate, having bad luck
"The hapless occurances all amounted to me losing the match." |
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a pompous speech
"The harange was filled with bombastic words in such a way that we could see through his grandiloquence." |
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precursor, sign of something to come
"The clouds are a harbinger, telling me the rain will come soon." |
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robust, vigorous
"The hardy athlete was able to run any distance." |
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extremely distressing, terrifying
"The harrowing experience caused me to change my life - and I am still shaken-up by it." |
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arrogant and condescending
"The haughty aristocrat would not read any material that was written by someone of a lesser rank." |
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recklessly
"The athlete slid headlong into the base, knocking over the umpire and opponent." |
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reckless; insisting on one's own way
"The headstrong child refused to eat any meal that was not prepared by mcdonalds." |
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hasty, hurried, confused
"The hectic atmosphere was caused by everyone running back home." |
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a bully, braggart
"He was a hector on the basketball court, unfriendly to everyone around him." |
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leadership, domination, usually by a country
"Some criticize US's apparent hegemonic status in world-culture." |
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semicircular form or structure
"The building's hemicycle structure made it look like a half of a bowl." |
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heavy bleeding
"We feared that the hemorrhage would never stop bleeding." |
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opposed to an established religious orthodoxy
"Many religious reformers that we hail today were considered heretical in their time." |
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tightly sealed
"the hermetic confines of an isolated life" |
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unorthodox, not widely accepted
"The heterodox practice of bathing in cold water has not been widely followed." |
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to cut with an ax
"Hew this wood with your ax." |
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excessively rigid; dry and stiff
"The hidebound father would not let any ethnic person associate with his son." |
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wilderness
"Heidegger's attracton to the hinterland has compelled many environmentalists to support him." |
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very old; whitish or gray from age
"His white hair is a sign of his hoary years." |
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composed of identical parts
"a tight-knit, homogeneous society." |
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word identical in pronunciation but different in meaning
"Bank is a homonym: it means both the river bank and a place to store money." |
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to sharpen
"Let's hone this knife to make it sharper." |
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to farm; manage carefully and thriftily
"I trust you to husband these lands." |
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pen or coop for animals; shack, shanty
"Let's build a hutch for the animal's shelter." |
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purposeful exaggeration for effect
"It was a hyperbole when I said I could eat a cow - don't force me to." |
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unfounded belief that one is often ill
"He's becoming a hypochondria, thinking he is always ill." |
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theoretical, speculative
"A hypothetical situation is that we may win the lottery..." |
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