Spelling Bee Etym. #7

Gwen H. (United States of America)
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  1. halcyon
    a mythical bird said to breed at the winter solstice
  2. hackneyed
    repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
  3. herculean
    extremely difficult; requiring great strength
  4. hiatus
    an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
  5. histrionic
    overly dramatic or emotional
  6. homonym
    a word pronounced or spelled the same with another meaning
  7. hypothetical
    a conjectural possibility or circumstance
  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
  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
Created on Mon Nov 16 11:39:22 EST 2009 (updated Tue Nov 17 12:22:18 EST 2009)

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