English Vocabulary Builder

®   Haphazard: disorganized, random accidental mere chance, by chance: His haphazard reading left him unacquainted with the subject.

®   Haughtiness: pride, arrogance: I resent his haughtiness because he is no better than we are.

®   Hazardous: dangerous: Your occupation is too hazardous for insurance companies to consider your application.

®   Heedless: not noticing, disregarding: He drove on, heedless of the warnings placed at the side off the road that it was dangerous.

®   Heinous: atrocious, hatefully bad: Hitler’s heinous crimes will never be forgotten.

®   Heterogeneous: dissimilar: In heterogeneous groupings, we have an unsorted grouping, while in homogeneous groupings we have people or things which have common traits.

®   Hoax: trick, practical joke: Embarrassed by the hoax, he reddened and left the room.

®   Holocaust: destruction by fire: When the hotel burned down, fifty six people died in the holocaust.

®   Homogeneous: of the same kind: Educators try to put pupils of similar abilities into classes because they believe that this homogeneous grouping is advisable.

®   Hoodwink: deceive, delude: Having been hoodwinked once by the fast-talking salesman, he was extremely cautious when he went to purchase a used car.

®   Humility: humbleness of spirit: He spoke with a humility and lack of pride which impressed his listeners.

®   Hypothecate: mortgage, pledge as security: I have no authority to hypothecate this property as security for the loan.

®   Hypothetical: based on assumptions or hypotheses: Why do we have to consider hypothetical cases when we have actual case histories which we may examine?

®   Ideology: ideas of a group of people: That ideology is dangerous to any country which embraces undemocratic philosophies.

®   Ignominious: disgraceful: The country smarted under the ignominious defeat and dreamed of the day when it would be victorious.

®   Immaculate: pure, spotless: The Army cadets were immaculate as they lined up for inspection.

English Vocabulary Builder

®   Frantic: wild: At the time of the collision, many people became frantic with fear.

®   Fraudulent: cheating, deceitful: The government seeks to prevent fraudulent and misleading advertising.

®   Frenzied: madly excited: As soon as the smelled smoke, the frenzied animals milled about in their cages.

®   Friction: clash in opinion, rubbing against: At this time when harmony is essential, we cannot afford to have any friction in our group.

®   Fulminate: thunder, explode: The people against whom he fulminated were innocent of any wrongdoing.

®   Galvanize: stimulate by shock, stir up: In 1995 entire nation was galvanized into strong military activity by the news of Indian attack.

®   Generality: vague statement: This report is filled with generalities; you must be more specific in your statements.

®   Geniality: cheerfulness, kindliness, sympathy: This restaurant is famous and popular because of the geniality of the proprietor who tries to make everyone happy.

®   Ghastly: horrible: He made a ghastly mistake.

®   Gist: essence: She was asked to give the gist of the essay in two sentences.

®   Glossary: brief explanation of words used in the text: I have found the glossary in this book very useful; it has eliminated many trips to the dictionary

®   Glut: overstock, fill to excess: They glutted the market with apples.

®   Gregarious: sociable: He was not gregarious and preferred to be alone most of the time.

®   Grimace: a facial distortion to show feeling such as pain, disgust, etc.: Even though he remained silent, his grimace indicated his displeasure.

®   Gruesome: horrible: People screamed when his gruesome appearance was flashed on the screen.

®   Gruff: rough-mannered: Although he was blunt and gruff with most people, he was always gentle with children.

®   Guile: deceit, duplicity: He achieved his high position by guile and treachery.

®   Haggard: wasted away, gaunt: After his long illness he was pale and haggard.

®   Haggle: argue about prices: She was haggling with the shopkeeper over the price of cloth.

®   Hallucination: a vision or illusion of something which does not exist: I think you were frightened by a hallucination which you created in your own mind.

English Vocabulary Builder

®   Facetious: humorous, jocular: Your facetious remarks are not appropriate at this serious moment.

®   Facilitate: make less difficult: He tried to facilitate matters at home by getting a part-time job.

®   Faction: party, clique, dissension: The quarrels and bickering of the two small factions within the club disturbed the majority of the members.

®   Fanaticism: excessive zeal: Fanaticism is the cause of most religious hatered.

®   Fancied: imagined, unreal: You are resenting fancied insults. No one has ever said such things about you.

®   Feasible: practical: This is an entirely feasible proposal, I suggest we adopt it.

®   Feint: trick, shift, sham blow: He made a feint in my direction, and then ran towards the house.

®   Figment: invention, imaginary thing: That incident is a figment of your imagination.

®   Finite: limited: Human knowledge is finite.

®   Flagging: weak, drooping: The encouraging cheers of the crowd lifted the team’s flagging spirits.

®   Flair: talent: He has an uncanny flair for discovering new artists before the public has become aware of their existence.

®   Flinch: hesitate, shrink: He did not flinch in the face of danger but fought back bravely.

®   Fluency: smoothness of speech: He spoke French with fluency and ease.

®   Fluster: confuse: The teacher’s sudden question flustered him and he stammered his reply.

®   Flux: flowing, series of changes: While conditions are in such state of flux, I do not wish to commit myself too deeply in this affair.

®   Foolhardy: rash: Don’t be foolhardy; get the advice of experienced people before undertaking this venture.

®   Forbearance: patience: We must use forbearance in dealing with him because he is still weak from his illness.

®   Formidable: menacing, threatening: We must not treat the battle lightly for we are facing a formidable enemy.

®   Fortitude: bravery, courage: He was awarded the medal for his fortitude in the battle.