| Sr No. | Word | hindi | Meaning | Example |
| 1591 | habituate | आदत डालना | accustom or familiarize; addict | Macbeth gradually habituated himself to murder, shedding his scruples as he grew accustomed to his bloody deeds. |
| 1592 | hackles | मुश्किलें | hairs on back and neck, especially of a dog | The dog's hackles rose and he began to growl as the sound of footsteps grew louder. |
| 1593 | hackneyed | मामूली | commonplace; trite | The English teacher criticized her story because of its hackneyed and unoriginal plot.
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| 1594 | haggard | जंगली | wasted away; gaunt | After his long illness, he was pale and haggard. |
| 1595 | haggle | झंझट करना | argue about prices | I prefer to shop in a store that has a one-price policy because, whenever I haggle with a shopkeeper, I am never certain that I paid a fair price for the articles I purchased. |
| 1596 | halcyon | धीर | calm; peaceful | In those halcyon days, people were not worried about sneak attacks and bombings. |
| 1597 | hale | तन्दुस्र्स्त | healthy | After a brief illness, he was soon hale. |
| 1598 | hallowed | पवित्र | blessed; consecrated | She was laid to rest in hallowed ground. |
| 1599 | hallucination | माया | delusion | I think you were frightened by a hallucination that you created in you own mind. |
| 1600 | halting | लंगड़ा | hesitant; faltering | Novice extemporaneous speakers often talk in a halting fashion as they grope for the right words. |
| 1601 | hamper | बाधा | obstruct | The minority party agreed not to hamper the efforts of the leaders to secure a lasting peace. |
| 1602 | hap | पड़ना | chance; luck | In his poem hap, Thomas Hardy objects to the part chance plays in our lives. |
| 1603 | haphazard | बेतरतीब | random; by chance | His haphazard reading left him unaquainted with the authors of the books. |
| 1604 | hapless | अभागी | unfortunate | This hapless creature had never known a moment's pleasure. |
| 1605 | harangue | भाषण | long, passionate, and vehement speech | In her lengthy harangue, the principal berated the offenders. |
| 1606 | harass | परेशान | annoy by repeated attacks | When he could not pay his bills as quickly as he had promised, he was harrassed by his creditors. |
| 1607 | harbinger | अग्र-दूत | forerunner | The crocus is an early harbinger of spring. |
| 1608 | harbor | बन्दरगाह | provide a refuge for; hide | The church harbored illegal aliens who were political refugees. |
| 1609 | hardy | साहसी | sturdy; robust; able to stand inclement weather | We asked the gardening expert to recommend particularly hardy plants that could withstand our harsh New England winters. |
| 1610 | harping | गाना गा | tiresome dwelling on a subject | After he had reminded me several times about what he had done for me I told him to stop his harping on my indebtedness to him. |
| 1611 | harrow | हेंगा | break up ground after plowing; torture | I don't want to harrow you at this time by asking you to recall the details of your unpleasant experience. |
| 1612 | harry | सताना | harass, annoy, torment; raid | The guerrilla band harried the enemy nightly. |
| 1613 | hatch | पक्षियों के बच्चे | deck opening; lid covering a deck opening | The latch on the hatch failed to catch, so the hatch remained unlatched. |
| 1614 | haughtiness | अभिमान | pride; arrogance | I resent his haughtiness because he is no better than we are. |
| 1615 | hazardous | खतरनाक | dangerous | Your occupation is too hazardous for insurance companies to consider your application. |
| 1616 | hazy | धुंधला | slightly obscure | In hazy weather, you cannot see the top of this mountain. |
| 1617 | headlong | सिर के बल | hasty; rash | The slave seized the unexpected chance to make a headlong dash across the border to freedom. |
| 1618 | headstrong | हठी | stubborn; willful; unyielding | Because she refused to marry the man her parents had chosen for her, everyone scolded Minna and called her a foolish, headstrong girl. |
| 1619 | heckler | हेकलर | person who verbally harasses others | The heckler kept interrupting the speaker with rude remarks. |
| 1620 | hedonism | हेडोनिजम | belief that pleasure is the sole aim in life | hedonism and asceticism are opposing philosophies of human behavior. |
| 1621 | heedless | असावधान | not noticing; disregarding | He drove on, heedless of the warnings that the road was dangerous. |
| 1622 | hegemony | नायकत्व | dominance, especially of one nation over others | As one Eastern European nation after another declared its independence, commentators marveled at the sudden breakdown of the once monolithic Soviet hegemony. |
| 1623 | heinous | जघन्य | atrocious; hatefully bad | Hitler's heinous crimes will never be forgotten. |
| 1624 | herbivorous | तृणभक्षी | grain-eating | Some herbivorous animals have two stomachs for digesting their food. |
| 1625 | heresy | विधर्म | opinion contrary to popular belief or to accepted religion | He was threatened with excommunication because his remarks were considered to be pure heresy. |
| 1626 | heretic | विधर्मी | person who maintains opinions contrary to the doctrines of the church | She was punished by the Spanish Inquisition because she was a heretic. |
| 1627 | hermetic | वायु-रोधी | sealed by fusion so as to be airtight | After these bandages are sterilized, they are placed in hermetic containers. |
| 1628 | hermetic | वायु-रोधी | obscure and mysterious; occult | It is strange to consider that modern chemistry originated in the hermetic teachings of the ancient alchemists. |
| 1629 | hermitage | आश्रम | home of a hermit | Even in his remote hermitage he could not escape completely from the world. |
| 1630 | herpetologist | herpetologist | one who studies reptiles | As a boy, Indiana Jones had a traumatic experience involving snakes; sensibly enough, he studies to be archaeologist, not a herpetologist. |
| 1631 | heterodox | विधर्मिक | unorthodox; unconventional | To those who upheld the belief that the earth did not move, Galileo's theory that the earth circled the sun was disturbingly heterodox. |
| 1632 | heterogeneous | विजातीय | dissimilar | In a heterogeneous group, we have an unassorted assemblage, while in a homogeneous group we have people or things that have common traits. |
| 1633 | hew | कुल्हाड़ी से काटना | cut to pieces with ax or sword | The cavalry rushed into melee and hewed the enemy with their swords. |
| 1634 | heyday | उमंग का समय | time of greatest success; prime | In their heyday, the San Francisco Forty-Niners won the Super Bowl two years running. |
| 1635 | hiatus | ख़ाली जगह | gap; pause | Except for a brief two-year hiatus, during which she enrolled in the Peace Corps, Ms. Clements has devoted herself to her medical career. |
| 1636 | hibernal | जाड़ों का | wintry | Bears prepare for their long hibernal sleep by overeating. |
| 1637 | hibernate | सीतनिद्रा में होना | sleep throughout the winter | Bears are one of the many species of animals that hibernate. |
| 1638 | hierarchy | पदक्रम | body divided into ranks | It was difficult to step out of one's place in this hierarchy. |
| 1639 | hieroglyphic | चित्रलिपि | picture writing | The discovery of the Rosetta Stone enabled scholars to read the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics. |
| 1640 | hilarity | प्रफुल्लता | boisterous mirth | The hilarity is improper on this solemn day of mourning. |
| 1641 | hindmost | सब से पिछला | furthest behind | The coward could always be found in the hindmost lines whenever a battle was being waged. |
| 1642 | hindrance | बाधा | block; obstacle | Stalled cars along the highway are a hindrance to traffic that tow trucks should remove without delay. |
| 1643 | hinterlands | ग्रामीण इलाकों | back country | They seldom had visitors, living as they did way out in the hinderlands. |
| 1644 | hireling | मज़ूर | one who serves for hire (usually used contemptuously) | In a matter of such importance, I do not wish to deal with hirelings; I must meet with the chief. |
| 1645 | hirsute | झबरा | hairy | He was a hitsute individual with a heavy black beard. |
| 1646 | histrionic | अभिनय-संबंधी | theatrical | He was proud of his histrionic ability and wanted to paly the role of Hamlet. |
| 1647 | hoard | ढेर | stockpile; accumulate for future use | Whenever there are rumors of a food shortage, people are tempted to hoard food. |
| 1648 | hoary | सफ़ेद | white with age | The man was hoary and wrinkled when he was 70. |
| 1649 | hoax | छल | trick; practical joke | Embarrassed by the hoax, he reddened and left the room. |
| 1650 | holocaust | प्रलय | destruction by fire | Citizens of San Francisco remember that the destruction of the city was caused not by the earthquake but by the holocaust that followed. |
| 1651 | holster | पिस्तौलदान | pistol case | Even when he was not in uniform, he carried a holster and pistol under his arm. |
| 1652 | homage | श्रद्धा | honor; tribute | In her speech she tried to pay homage to a great man. |
| 1653 | homeostasis | समस्थिति | tendency of a system to maintain relative stability | A breakdown of the body's immune system severely undermines the body's ability to maintain homeostasis. |
| 1654 | homespun | मोटा | domestic; made at home | homespun wit, like homespun cloth, was often coarse and plain. |
| 1655 | homily | धर्मगीत | sermon; serious warning | His speeches were always homilies, advising his listeners to repent and reform. |
| 1656 | homogeneous | सजातीय | of the same kind | Many educators try to put pupils of similar abilities in the same class because they believe that his homogeneous grouping is advisable. |
| 1657 | hone | सान | sharpen | To make shaving easier, he honed his razor with great care. |
| 1658 | hoodwink | आंख में धूल झोंकना | deceive; delude | Having been hoodwinked once by the fast-talking salesman, he was extremely cautious when he went to purchase a used car. |
| 1659 | horde | भीड़ | crowd | Just before Christmas the stores are filled with hordes of shoppers. |
| 1660 | hortatory | उपदेश देनेवाला | encouraging; exhortive | The crowd listened to his hortatory statements with ever-growing excitement; finally they rushed from the hall to carry to his suggestions. |
| 1661 | horticultural | बागवानी | pertaining to cultivation of gardens | When he bought his house, he beganto look for flowers and decorative shrubs, and began to read books dealing with horticultural matters. |
| 1662 | hovel | झोंपड़ी | shack; small, wretched house | He wondered how poor people could stand living in such a hovel. |
| 1663 | hover | मंडराना | hang about; wait nearby | The police helicopter hovered above the accident. |
| 1664 | hubbub | कोलाहल | confused uproar | The marketplace was a scene of hubbub and excitement. |
| 1665 | hubris | अभिमान | arrogance; excessive self-conceit | Filled with hubris, Lear refused to heed his friends' warnings. |
| 1666 | hue | रंग | color; aspect | The aviary contained birds of every possible hue. |
| 1667 | hue | रंग | outcry | When her purse was snatched, she raised such a hue and cry that the thief was captured. |
| 1668 | humane | मानवीय | kind | His humane and considerate treatment of the unfortunate endeared him to all. |
| 1669 | humdrum | नीरस | dull; monotonous | After years of adventure, he could not settle down to a humdrum existence. |
| 1670 | humid | नम | damp | She could not stand the humid climate and moved to a drier area. |
| 1671 | humility | विनम्रता | humbleness of spirit | He spoke with a humility and lack of pride that impressed his listeners. |
| 1672 | hummock | टीला | small hill | The ascent of the hummock is not difficult and the view from the hilltop is ample reward tor the effort. |
| 1673 | humus | धरण | substance formed by decaying vegetable matter | In order to improve his garden, he spread humus over his lawn and flower beds. |
| 1674 | hurtle | ज़ोर से फैंकना | crash; rush | The runaway train hurtled toward disaster. |
| 1675 | husbandry | कृषि | frugality; thrift; agriculture | He accumulated his small fortune by diligence and husbandry. |
| 1676 | hybrid | संकर | mongrel; mixed breed | Mendel's formula explains the appearance of hybrids and pure species in breeding. |
| 1677 | hydrophobia | जलांतक | fear of water; rabies | A dog that bites a human being must be observed for symptoms of hydrophobia. |
| 1678 | hyperbole | अतिशयोक्ति | exaggeration; overstatement | This salesman is guilty of hyperbole in describing his product; it is wise to discount his claims. |
| 1679 | hypercritical | hypercritical | excessively exacting | You are hypercritical in your demands for perfection; we all make mistakes. |
| 1680 | hypochondriac | hypochondriac | person unduly worried about his health; worrier without cause about illness | The doctor prescribed chocolate pills for his patient who was a hypocondriac. |
| 1681 | hypocritical | पाखंडी | pretending to be virtuous; deceiving | I resent his hypocritical posing as a friend for I know he is interested only in his own advancement. |
| 1682 | hypothetical | काल्पनिक | based on assumptions or hypotheses | Why do we have to consider hypothetical cases when we have actual case histories that we may examine? |
