| Vocabulary Words | Meanings |
|---|---|
| herd | a group of animals kept together, such as a herd of cows |
| here | in this place |
| hero | a man or boy who does something brave. The same word also means the most important man in a book or play |
| heroine | a girl or woman who does something brave. The same word also means the most important woman in a book or play |
| heroism | great bravery |
| herring | a small seafish |
| hesitate | to pause because you are not sure what to do or to say next |
| hide | to go where no one can see you or to put something where no one can see it. The same word also means the skin of an animal |
| hide-and-seek | a game where one person hides and another tries to find him |
| hideous | very ugly; horrible |
| hiding | a beating or whipping |
| hierarchy | authority in sacred things |
| high | a long way up. Mountains are high |
| high handed | violent, overbearing, oppressive |
| highland | a mountainous region |
| highway | a public road |
| highwayman | a robber on horseback who held up travelers on the road in olden days |
| hill | part of the ground that is higher than the rest, but lower than a mountain |
| hinder | to delay or prevent someone from doing something |
| hinge | a joint, usually of metal. Doors are fitted with hinges so that they can be opened and shut |
| hint | to suggest something without actually saying it in so many words, you might say to someone that it is getting late as a hint that you wish he would go home |
| hip | one of the sides of your body just below your waist |
| hippopotamus | a very big animal which lives in hot countries |
| hire | to pay for the use of something for a certain length of time. You can hire a taxi, the same word also means to employ |
| hireling | one who is hired, a mercenary, serving for wages |
| hiss | to make a noise that sounds like s-s-s-s-s. Snake and geese make hissing sounds |
| historic | pertaining to, connected with history |
| history | the study of what has happened in the world in the past |
| hit | to knock something. The same word also means a show or a tune which is a big success |
| hitch | to move by jerks, fasten, hook |
| hither | to this place, Nearer |
| hitherto | to this time, till now, to this place or limit |
| hive | a house for bees |
| hoarse | having a rough-sounding voice, as when you have a sore throat |
| hob | a place near the hearth where things can be kept hot |
| hobble | to walk with difficulty because you are lame |
| hobby | something you very much like to do in your spare time, such as collecting stamps or making models |
| hockey | a team game where you try to hit a ball into the goal with a long stick curved at one end. Sometimes the game is played on ice, with a rubber disc instead of a ball |
| hoe | a long-handled garden tool for clearing weeds and loosening the earth |
| hog | a pig, a castrated boar |
| hold | to have in your hand or your arms; to contain. The same word also means the part of a ship where cargo is kept |
| hole | an opening in or through something |
| holiday | a time when you do not have to work or go to school |
| holines | state or quality of being holy, moral goodness |
| hollow | having a space or a hole inside; a valley |
| hollyhock | a tall plant with many large flowers on each stalk |
| holster | a leather case on a belt for holding a gun |
| holy | anything specially belonging to, or to do with God |
| home | the place where you live |
| homework | work done at home, usually scholl work |
Non-defining relative clause
Non-defining relative clauses are placed after nouns which are definite already.
The adjective clause which does not define the noun before it but gives additional information about the noun is called the non-defining relative clause.