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Today's words

1 hen

The hen may not be able to feed its young.

2 Hence

Hence the growing importance of the student survey.

3 henceforth

O what a flowery track lies spread before me, henceforth!

4 herald

These talks could herald a new era of peace.

5 hearing

She had moved out of hearing.

6 herb

The dried herb is obtainable from health shops.

7 herd

She pushed her way through a herd of lunchtime drinkers.

8 heat

The heat made him feel faint.

9 heave

The thought of it makes me heave.

10 heritage

They take great pride in their heritage.

11 heaven

Heaven knows what they put in it.

12 heroine

The heroine is played by Demi Moore.

13 heroic

His heroic deeds were celebrated in every corner of India.

14 hedge

The hedge needs pruning back.

15 heel

I scuffed the heel of my shoe on the stonework.

16 hesitate

Please don't hesitate to do this.

17 heir

Her duty was to produce an heir to the throne.

18 helicopter

The helicopter rose into the air.

19 hell

Oh hell, I've burned the pan.

20 hierarchy

A hierarchy forms.

21 helmet

He locked his helmet into position with a click.

22 highly

She has a highly inventive mind.

23 highway

I crossed the highway, dodging the traffic.

24 hemisphere

Of course, were they the first people in the Western hemisphere?

25 hike

The site is reached by a 30-minute hike through dense forest.

26 holy

He took holy orders in 1935.

27 homogeneous

Audiences are smaller and more homogeneous than they have been in the past.

28 hinder

It will only slow you down and hinder your career goals.

29 honest

I'm disappointed, to be honest.

30 hinge

The wider the hinge, the further it folds.

31 honour

The school's motto is: 'Duty, Honour, Country'.

32 honourable

They managed an honourable 2–2 draw.

33 hire

Do you hire out bikes?

34 hormone

Oestrogen is a female sex hormone.

35 hitherto

How does the author view the hitherto high click-through rates?

36 horn

She gave a sharp toot on her horn.

37 hobby

I only play jazz as a hobby.

38 horrible

What a horrible night it was!

39 hoist

He uses a hydraulic hoist to unload two empty barrels.

40 horror

Guilt and horror flooded her in waves.

41 hose

You've left the garden hose on.

42 hollow

The tree trunk was hollow inside.

43 hospitality

Their hospitality is proverbial.

44 hostess

The hostess introduced them.

45 humiliate

I didn't want to humiliate her in front of her colleagues.

46 hostile

It depends what you mean by 'hostile'.

47 hound

The hound found a profound book on the roundabout.

48 hunt

They sleep by day and hunt by night.

49 household

She became a household name in the 1960s.

50 hurl

It took only one heave to hurl him into the river.

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