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hazard

Short Definition : venture; put in danger; risk; Ex. hazard a guess; N: possible source of danger

Definition
(noun) a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune
Example Sentence
  • drinking alcohol is a health hazard
Definition
(noun) an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
Synonyms : chance fortune luck
Example Sentence
  • bad luck caused his downfall
  • we ran into each other by pure chance
Definition
(noun) an obstacle on a golf course Definition
(verb) put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation
Synonyms : guess pretend venture
Example Sentence
  • I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again
  • I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong
Definition
(verb) put at risk
Example Sentence
  • I will stake my good reputation for this
Definition
(verb) take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome
Example Sentence
  • When you buy these stocks you are gambling

hazardous

Short Definition : dangerous

Definition
(adj) involving risk or danger
Synonyms : risky wild
Example Sentence
  • skydiving is a hazardous sport
  • extremely risky going out in the tide and fog
  • a wild financial scheme
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for hazardous

HAZARDS are always RISKY

hazy

Short Definition : slightly obscure; misty; unclear; N. haze: light mist or smoke; confused state of mind

Definition
(adj) filled or abounding with fog or mist
Synonyms : brumous foggy misty
Example Sentence
  • a brumous October morning
Definition
(adj) indistinct or hazy in outline
Example Sentence
  • a landscape of blurred outlines
  • the trees were just blurry shapes
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for hazy

hazy - when you are lazy, things are unclear to you...

Just woke up in the foggy morning half asleep and lazy. The morning is quite misty and hazy.

for lazy things are hazy!

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Fuzzy.

headfirst

Short Definition : moving with the head leading; headlong

Definition
(adj) with the head foremost
Synonyms : headlong
Example Sentence
  • a headfirst plunge down the stairs
  • a headlong dive into the pool
Definition
(adv) with the head foremost
Synonyms : headlong
Example Sentence
  • the runner slid headlong into third base

headlong

Short Definition : hasty; rash; headfirst; ADV.

Definition
(adj) excessively quick
Synonyms : hasty
Example Sentence
  • made a hasty exit
  • a headlong rush to sell
Definition
(adj) with the head foremost
Synonyms : headfirst
Example Sentence
  • a headfirst plunge down the stairs
  • a headlong dive into the pool
Definition
(adv) with the head foremost
Synonyms : headfirst
Example Sentence
  • the runner slid headlong into third base
Definition
(adv) at breakneck speed
Synonyms : precipitately
Example Sentence
  • burst headlong through the gate
Definition
(adv) in a hasty and foolhardy manner
Synonyms : rashly
Example Sentence
  • he fell headlong in love with his cousin
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for headlong

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Sounds as headstrong,i.e; adamant or unthinkingly daring (person who is very strongheaded)

Haveing a LONG HEAD is symbollic to being haughty (because they think they are smart). Someone who is haughty is very rash and headlong.

I rush everywhere and therefore I hate people who take a LONG time to HEAD out

In the headl(ONG_bak) movie, the fight seens are very RUSH & HASTY

one whose head is long (figuratively),will try to put his head first in everything i.e.being hasty n rash...

( those ppl whose hairs are long are hasty n rash in combing their hair.. as they are hasty...)

headstrong

Short Definition : willful; stubborn; unyielding; determined to have one's own way; CF. no 'excessive'

Definition
(adj) habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for headstrong

Headstrong is a person whose head is strong and hence he doesnt change his opinions, so he is stubborn

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HEAD STRONG is a person who has got too much 'HEAD WEIGHT' and thus he is stubborn and unyielding..

healthful

Short Definition : conducive to good health; Ex. healthful mountain air

Definition
(adj) conducive to good health of body or mind
Example Sentence
  • a healthful climate
  • a healthful environment
  • healthful nutrition
  • healthful sleep
  • Dickens's relatively healthful exuberance
Definition
(adj) free from filth and pathogens
Synonyms : sanitary
Example Sentence
  • sanitary conditions for preparing food
  • a sanitary washroom

healthy

Short Definition : possessing good health; healthful

Definition
(adj) having or indicating good health in body or mind; free from infirmity or disease
Example Sentence
  • a rosy healthy baby
  • staying fit and healthy
Definition
(adj) financially secure and functioning well
Example Sentence
  • a healthy economy
Definition
(adj) promoting health; healthful
Example Sentence
  • a healthy diet
  • clean healthy air
  • plenty of healthy sleep
  • healthy and normal outlets for youthful energy
  • the salubrious mountain air and water
  • carrots are good for you
Definition
(adj) exercising or showing good judgment
Example Sentence
  • healthy scepticism
  • a healthy fear of rattlesnakes
  • the healthy attitude of French laws
  • healthy relations between labor and management
  • an intelligent solution
  • a sound approach to the problem
  • sound advice
  • no sound explanation for his decision
Definition
(adj) large in amount or extent or degree
Example Sentence
  • it cost a considerable amount
  • a goodly amount
  • received a hefty bonus
  • a respectable sum
  • a tidy sum of money
  • a sizable fortune

heckler

Short Definition : person who verbally harasses others; V. heckle: verbally harass as with gibes (by interrupting a speaker or speech)

Definition
(noun) someone who tries to embarrass you with gibes and questions and objections
Synonyms : badgerer
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for heckler

rhymes with Hitler...so the meaning goes as one who verbally assaults Jews

generally a abusive person shouts at most of the people "WHAT THE HECK?" so a person who is abusive uses this statement, hence a HECKLER!

Mr. Heckles of FRIENDS always harasses everyone verbally.

"Hakle" are often hecklers ..... no offense guys....just a mnemonic...

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paresh rawal in judaai movie was a heckler :D

a heckler should become hackla( in hindi a person who can't speak fluently)

hedonist

Short Definition : one who believes that pleasure is the sole aim in life; CF. hedonism: practice of living one's life purely for pleasure

Definition
(noun) someone motivated by desires for sensual pleasures
Synonyms : pagan pleasure seeker
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for hedonist

hey..don... is.. hedonist...don enjoys all the pleasures of life so he believes in pleasure as the aim of life

hedonist="He"(reference to God)+"Don't" +"Exist"->someone who doesn't believe in the existence of God and is only interested in the pleasures as the sole aimof life

I dont heed GOd.

hedonist = head + on + his; i.e. some one taking pleasure by putting head on his arm.

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