TOEFL Vocabulary Page 12

276. HARANGUE (verb): To deliver a long. noisy speech- harangued the multitude.

Synonyms: rant, declaim

(noun): A loud, tiresome speech - an empty harangue which bored his audience.

Synonym: tirade

277. HARBINGER, A forerunner; ail announcer - the robin, harbinger of spring.

Synonyms:precursor, herald

278. HAUGHTY: Proud; looking down with contempt on others - dismissed the messenger in a haughty manner.

279. HEEDLESS: Thoughtless; taking little care - rushed into battle, heedless of the danger.

Synonyms: inadvertent, rash, incautious

Antonyms: prudent, circumspect, mindful, wary

280. HEINOUS: Wicked; hateful - committed a heinous crime.

Synonyms: atrocious, outrageous, monstrous, odious, nefarious, abominable

281. HERESY: An opinion held in opposition to the traditional view - a view condemned as heresy.

Synonym: heterodoxy

Antonym: orthodoxy

282. HIATUS: A gap or vacancy; break -left a hiatus on the page where he erased a sentence.

Synonym:breach

283. HISTRIONIC: Pertaining to the theater; designed for show - broke into histrionic laughter, hollow and insincere.

Synonyms: dramatic, theatrical

284. HOAX (noun): A trick or deception; a practical joke - played a hoax upon the credulous public.

Synonym: canard

(verb): To play a trick on; to deceive - He hoaxed the crowd completely with his disguise.

285. HOMONYM: Two words having the same sound but different meanings - confusing such homonyms as mail add male.

286. HOVEL: A dirty or wretched dwelling - born in a hovel, died in a mansion.

287. HYPERBOLE: Extravagant exaggeration for effect - An example of hyperbole: "There are a million objections to the project."

Synonym: overstatement

Antonym: understatement

288. HYPOTHESIS: An assumption made for the sake of argument - worked from a fantastic hypothesis.

Synonym: supposition

289. IDIOSYNCRASY: A. personal peculiarity - Wearing white was one of Whistler's idiosyncrasies.

Synonyms: eccentricity, foible, mannerism, crotchet, aberration, quirk, singularity

290. IGNOMINIOUS (noun: IGNOMINY): Incurring public disgrace - suffered an ignominious descent from political power.

Synonyms: infamous, degrading, opprobrious, odious

Antonyms: illustrious, renowned, preeminent

291. IMMACULATE: Spotless; pure - an immaculate reputation.

Synonyms: undefiled, unsullied, unblemished, untarnished

Antonyms: defiled, sullied, blemished

292. IMMINENT: Likely to occur soon - stood in imminent peril.

Synonym: impending

293. IMMUNE (verb: IMMUNIZE): Exempt from; protected from - immune from taxation.

Synonym : unsusceptible

294. IMPALE: To pierce through with a pointed instrument - impaled a spider to the wall.

295. IMPEACH:

(1) To accuse (a public official) of wrongdoing - impeached the judge for accepting a bribe.

Synonym: arraign

(2) To cast discredit upon - impeached his motives.

Synonyms: call in question, discredit

296. IMPECCABLE: Faultless - performed with impeccable skill.

Synonyms: consummate, irreproachable, unerring, infallible

Antonyms: culpable, fallible

297. IMPERVIOUS: Incapable of being penetrated - a mind impervious to new ideas.

Synonyms: impermeable, impenetrable

Antonyms: permeable, pervasive

298. IMPLACABLE: Incapable of being soothed, made peaceful, or forgiving - implacable resentment.

Synonyms: unrelenting, inexorable, unappeasable

Antonyms: placable, forbearing

299. IMPLICIT:

(1) Implied but not clearly expressed - an implicit agreement.

(2) Unquestioning - implicit confidence.

Synonyms: tacit, implied

Antonym: explicit

300. IMPORT (noun): Meaning; significance or importance - a matter of great import.

Synonyms: purport, moment, consequence