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Spelling Bee Etym. #7 17 words

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  1. halcyon
    a mythical bird said to breed at the time of the winter solstice in a nest floating on the sea and to have the power of calming the winds and waves
  2. hackneyed
    repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
  3. herculean
    extremely difficult; requiring the strength of a Hercules
  4. hiatus
    an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
  5. histrionic
    characteristic of acting or a stage performance; often affected
  6. homonym
    two words are homonyms if they are pronounced or spelled the same way but have different meanings
  7. hypothetical
    a hypothetical possibility, circumstance, statement, proposal, situation, etc.
  8. ignominy
    a state of dishonor
  9. impend
    be imminent or about to happen
  10. impervious
    not admitting of passage or capable of being affected
  11. impute
    attribute or credit to
  12. inanimate
    not endowed with life
  13. incalculable
    not capable of being computed or enumerated
  14. inception
    an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events
  15. incongruous
    lacking in harmony or compatibility or appropriateness
  16. incorporate
    make into a whole or make part of a whole
  17. incorporeal
    without material form or substance