ISEE Lower Level Vocabulary > Group 11
Harsh
Adjective: unpleasantly rough or jarring to the senses
Hasty
Adjective: done or acting with excessive speed and urgency
Hazardous
Adjective: risky; dangerous
Hemisphere
Noun: half of a sphere; one of two halves of the world
Hesitate
Verb: pause before saying or doing something
Historian
Noun: an expert in or student of history
Historic
Adjective: famous or important in history, or potentially so
Hoax
Noun: a humorous or malicious deception
Hoist
Verb: raise something by ropes and pulleys
Honorable
Adjective: worthy of honor
Horizon
Noun: the line where the earth and sky appear to meat; limit of one’s interest
Hostile
Adjective: unfriendly; antagonistic
Humiliate
Verb: make someone feel ashamed, esp. in public
Hurricane
Noun: a storm of violent winds sweeping across the ocean
Hymn
Noun: a religious song or poem
Hyperbole
Noun: exaggerated statements not meant to be taken seriously
Ideal
Adjective: satisfying one’s idea of perfection; Noun: a thing regarded perfect
Identical
Adjective: similar in every detail
Identify
Verb: establish the who or what as the subject, or association
Inaccurate
Adjective: not accurate
Incapable
Adjective: unable to do or achieve
Incline
Verb: feel favorably disposed toward something; Noun: a slope upward
Incompetent
Adjective: not having the necessary skill to do something
Incomplete
Adjective: not complete
Independent
Adjective: free from outside control; Noun: a person or group free of others
Industrial
Adjective: relating to industry
Infection
Noun: the process of infecting or being infected
Injustice
Noun: a lack of fairness
Inspect
Verb: look at something closely
Invasion
Noun: an instance of invading a country or region with an armed force
