GRE Vocabulary

#461

haughty

Adjective

Example sentences

1. The haughty clerk treated customers with disrespect.
2. She gave us a haughty look.
3. His haughty manner made him few friends.

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#462

hauteur

Noun

Example sentences

1. Her hauteur made it difficult for others to approach her.
2. The actor spoke with an air of hauteur.
3. His cold hauteur disappeared when he met the children.

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#463

hector

Verb

Example sentences

1. The boss likes to hector workers over small mistakes.
2. Do not hector me into making a quick decision.
3. The angry customer began to hector the young cashier.

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#464

hedge

Verb

Example sentences

1. He tried to hedge his answer with many conditions.
2. The company used insurance to hedge against loss.
3. She would not hedge when asked for a clear opinion.

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#465

hegemony

Noun

Example sentences

1. The empire sought hegemony over the region.
2. One company gained hegemony in the local market.
3. The movement challenged the cultural hegemony of the ruling group.

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#466

heretic

Noun

Example sentences

1. The church once treated him as a heretic.
2. In the strict group, anyone with a new idea was called a heretic.
3. The scientist was seen as a heretic by older experts.

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#467

heyday

Noun

Example sentences

1. The theater was famous during its heyday.
2. In its heyday, the company employed thousands of people.
3. She wrote her best songs in the heyday of her career.

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#468

histrionic

Adjective

Example sentences

1. His histrionic reaction made the small problem seem huge.
2. She gave a histrionic speech full of tears and shouting.
3. The actor's histrionic style was too dramatic for the scene.

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#469

hoary

Adjective

Example sentences

1. The book repeats a hoary old myth.
2. A hoary tree stood beside the ancient house.
3. He told the same hoary joke again.

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#470

hobble

Verb

Example sentences

1. The injury may hobble him for several weeks.
2. Old rules continue to hobble the industry.
3. She had to hobble home on her painful foot.

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#471

hodgepodge

Noun

Example sentences

1. The room was a hodgepodge of different styles.
2. The report is a hodgepodge of facts and opinions.
3. They served a hodgepodge of leftover food.

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#472

hoodwink

Verb

Example sentences

1. The seller tried to hoodwink us with false information.
2. Do not let a smooth voice hoodwink you.
3. The criminal managed to hoodwink several banks.

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#473

hound

Verb

Example sentences

1. Reporters continued to hound the famous singer.
2. Old fears began to hound him again.
3. Creditors may hound the company for payment.

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#474

hubris

Noun

Example sentences

1. His hubris made him believe he could never fail.
2. The leader's hubris led to a terrible decision.
3. The story warns that hubris often brings defeat.

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#475

humdrum

Adjective

Example sentences

1. She wanted to escape her humdrum routine.
2. The job is safe but humdrum.
3. He turned a humdrum event into a funny story.

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#476

iconoclast

Noun

Example sentences

1. The artist was an iconoclast who rejected old rules.
2. As an iconoclast, she challenged traditional ideas.
3. The young iconoclast upset many senior leaders.

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#477

iconoclastic

Adjective

Example sentences

1. His iconoclastic ideas changed the industry.
2. The newspaper is known for its iconoclastic opinions.
3. Her iconoclastic art shocked traditional critics.

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#478

idiosyncrasy

Noun

Example sentences

1. His habit of singing while working is an idiosyncrasy.
2. Every family has its own idiosyncrasy.
3. The machine has one strange idiosyncrasy.

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#479

ignoble

Adjective

Example sentences

1. It was ignoble to abandon his friends in danger.
2. The story ends with the villain's ignoble defeat.
3. She refused to take part in an ignoble act.

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#480

ignominious

Adjective

Example sentences

1. The team suffered an ignominious defeat.
2. He made an ignominious exit after the scandal.
3. The ruler's career had an ignominious end.

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