hometown
An individual’s place of birth, childhood home, or place of main residence.
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Vocabulary ranked by real-world frequency — start with the 1,000 most common words. Definitions adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), review in progress.
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humanitarian
Relating to people's welfare.
historian
A writer of history.
horizontal
Perpendicular to the vertical; parallel to the plane of the horizon; level, flat.
hospitality
The act or service of welcoming, receiving, hosting, or entertaining guests; an appropriate attitude of openness, respect, and generosity toward guests.
hostage
A person given as a pledge or security for the performance of the conditions of a treaty or similar agreement, such as to ensure the status of a vassal.
hacking
Short and interrupted, broken, jerky; hacky.
heir
Someone who inherits, or is designated to inherit, the property of another.
highlighted
Having highlights.
holocaust
An offering or sacrifice to a deity that is completely burned to ashes.
homer
A former Hebrew unit of dry volume, about equal to 230 L or 6+¹⁄₂ US bushels.
haul
To transport by drawing or pulling, as with horses or oxen, or a motor vehicle.
headphones
A pair of cushioned speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound.
holly
Any of various shrubs or (mostly) small trees, of the genus Ilex, either evergreen or deciduous, used as decoration especially at Christmas.
haunted
Of a location, frequented by a ghost or ghosts.
heather
An evergreen plant, Calluna vulgaris, with spiky leaves and small purple, pink, or white flowers.
hiking
Walking in the countryside for pleasure or sport.
hypothesis
A tentative conjecture explaining an observation, phenomenon or scientific problem and that can be tested by further observation, investigation, or experimentation.
handbook
A topically organized book of reference on a certain field of knowledge, regardless of size, but archetypally one to be kept readily at hand.
hardy
Having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships.
honors
At an excelling level in academics.
halls
Student accommodation
hating
hatred
heel
The rear part of the foot, where it joins the leg.
heroic
Of or relating to a hero or heroine; supremely noble.
hut
A small, simple one-storey dwelling or shelter, often with just one room, and generally built of readily available local materials.
humidity
Dampness, especially that of the air.
humour
The quality of being amusing, comical, funny.
hatch
A horizontal door in a floor or ceiling.
Hindi
In or relating to the Hindi language.
hm
A shorter variant of hmm.
hormone
Any substance produced by one tissue and conveyed by the bloodstream to another to effect physiological activity.
hahaha
haha (an onomatopoeic representation of laughter).
homemade
Made at home.
honorable
Behaving in a manner that shows honor; decent, having integrity.
homicide
The killing of one person by another, whether premeditated or unintentional.
harmless
Incapable of causing harm or danger; safe.
hesitate
To stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination.
hopeful
feeling hope
Hungarian
Of, from, or pertaining to present-day Hungary, the ethnic Hungarian people or the Hungarian language.
hierarchy
A body of authoritative officials organized in nested ranks.
Hammond
A Hammond organ.
handing
The act by which something is handed to somebody.
hearted
Having a specified kind or number of heart.
herb
A plant whose stem is not woody and does not persist beyond each growing season.
herd
A number of domestic animals assembled together under the watch or ownership of a keeper.
hair-splitting
Excessively precise or petty argumentation
heath
A tract of level uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation; heathland.
heavenly
Of or pertaining to Heaven, the eternal celestial abode of God or the gods.
hormones
Hormone replacement therapy.
horrific
Causing horror; horrifying.
Hugo
A Hugo Award, a statuette given out by the World Science Fiction Society.
heavy-hearted
Feeling sad or depressed
homosexuality
The state of being sexually and romantically attracted primarily or exclusively to persons of the same sex, sometimes (potentially offensive) restricted to same-sex attraction between males.
hose
A flexible tube conveying water or other fluid.
hallway
A corridor in a building that connects rooms.
hand-in-glove
closely associated or working together perfectly
Harley
A Harley-Davidson motorcycle.
heavens
The distant sky of the sun, moon, and stars.
homosexual
Sexually and/or romantically attracted to members of the same sex, such as a man who is attracted to other men or a woman who is attracted to other women; gay. (Typically used in the sense of sole/exclusive attraction.)