SAT words - H
| Hackneyed - adj. overused, commonplace | |
| syn. banal, trite, regular, boring | |
| ant. exciting, uncommon | |
| The hackneyed expression "WHAT'S UP!!!?" has been used way too much. | |
| Haphazard - adj. happening by chance | |
| syn. random, unplanned | |
| ant. expected, planned | |
| Our random and haphazard meeting led up to a wonderful romance. | |
| Haughty - adj. openly and disdainfully proud | |
| syn. snooty, stuck-up | |
| ant. friendly, sociable | |
| I knew a pompous and haughty individual who though she was the smartest in the world. | |
| Headstrong - adj. determined to have one's own way | |
| syn. bullheaded, perverse | |
| ant. agreeable, accomodating | |
| My headstrong partner insisted on checking over our work 6 straight times though I ensured her that the work was correct. | |
| Hedonist - n. someone who lives for pleasure or happiness | |
| syn. pleasure seeker | |
| ant. non-epicurean | |
| Those two hedonists spent the weekend taking each other to new levels of ecstasy. | |
| Heed - v. to listen to, to mind | |
| syn. pay attention, consider | |
| ant. ignore, disregard | |
| You should heed and listen to the opinions of those more experienced and older than you. | |
| Heft - n. weight | |
| syn. heaviness, bulk | |
| ant. (none) | |
| The heft of the heavy bookcase nearly crushed my skeleton when it fell on me. | |
| Heinous - adj. wicked | |
| syn. atrocious, awful | |
| ant. wonderful, admirable | |
| For eccentric math teachers, there is nothing more heinous than someone burning a brand-new calculator. | |
| Heretic - n. one who differs from accepted belief or theory | |
| syn. radical, rebel | |
| ant. loyalist | |
| I know a heretic who would never conform to society's standards. | |
| Hermetic - adj. airtight | |
| syn. impassable, impenetrable | |
| ant. open | |
| As a toothpick enthusiast, I keep my most prized toothpicks in a hermetic container to preserve them and prevent others from stealing them. | |
| Hermit - n. an antisocial person | |
| syn. ascetic, solitarian | |
| ant. social person | |
| The hermit lived alone all his life, refusing to even go out, meet a girl, or get laid. | |
| Hidebound - adj. stubbornly prejudiced | |
| syn. narrow-minded, inflexible | |
| ant. open, acceptive | |
| No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't get my stubborn and hidebound friend to watch porn. | |
| Hoary - adj. grey and white as if old w/ age | |
| syn. antiquated, old, elderly | |
| ant. contemporary, new, young | |
| It took my old and hoary grandfather 15 minutes to climb one flight of stairs. | |
| Homage - n. special honor expressed publicly | |
| syn. admiration, adulation | |
| ant. abhorrence, disgust | |
| I need to honor and give homage to all the great toothpick architects that came before me. | |
| Hone- v. to sharpen | |
| syn. whet, strop | |
| ant. dull, blunt | |
| If I don't hone this blade, how am I supposed to cut off heads with it? | |
| Humdrum - adj. lacking excitement | |
| syn. dull, boring | |
| ant. extraordinary, exciting | |
| The humdrum lecture on the mating patterns of fruit flies bored me to sleep. | |
| Hyperbole - n. wild exaggeration on purpose for effect | |
| syn. embellishment | |
| ant. understatement | |
| No matter how good it sounds, there's no way anyone will believe that hyperbole. | |
| Hypocrite - n. one who pretents to a life that he doesn't honestly have | |
| syn. phony, fake | |
| ant. truthful, the real deal | |
| That hypocrite says he hates Britney Spears, but he has all of her CDs and albums. | |
| Hypothesis - n. something requiring proof to be considered correct | |
| syn. belief, theory, antecedent | |
| ant. law, certainty, fact | |
| No one would accept my hypothesis that humans evolved from toothpicks because I lacked genuine proof. | |
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© Raymond Ma 2004