IBPS RRB Officers Selection Exam: Word List: Vocabulary H

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Word List: H

• hack: Cut roughly; hired horse
• hallow: To make holy; consecrate
• hamper: Basket with a lid, prevent free movement or activity
• hapless: Unlucky, unfortunate
• harangue: a long, passionate speech
• harbinger-smth or smb that foretells the coming of
• harrow: To distress, create stress or torment
• harsh: Rough, cruel, stern
• haughty: Arrogant; conceited
• haven: Harbor, safety place
• heed: Pay attention; notice
• heinous: Odious (of crime)
• heresy: Belief contrary to what is generally accepted
• hermetic: Sealed by fusion
• heterogeneous: Made up of different kinds
• hew: Make by hard work; cut (by striking)
• hirsute: Hairy, shaggy
• hoax: Mischievous trick played on smb for a joke
• hoi polloi: The masses; the rabble
• hollow: Not soled, with hole
• holster: Leather case for a pistol
• hone: Stone used for sharpening tools
• hoodwink: Trick, mislead
• hospitable: Liking to give hospitality
• hubris: Arrogant pride
• hurdle: Light frame, fence to be jumped over
• husk: Worthless outside part of anything
• hypocrisy: Falsely making oneself appear to be good
• halcyon: Calm. Harangue: A tirade.
• harbinger: One who or that which foreruns and announces the coming of any person or thing. Head: Adv. Precipitately, as in diving. Heinous: Odiously sinful.
• heresy: An opinion or doctrine subversive of settled beliefs or accepted principles. Heterogeneous: Consisting of dissimilar elements or ingredients of different kinds. Hirsute: Having a hairy covering. Hoodwink: To deceive.
• hospitable: Disposed to treat strangers or guests with generous kindness. Hypocrisy: Extreme insincerity.