Words with Meanings

  1. Hoodwink (v.) deceive — Hypocrites cannot hoodwink people for long.

  2. Husband (v.) utilise — Pakistan has a plethora of natural resources which she must husband for her progress.

  3. Hostile (adj.) unfriendly — Western powers have ever been hostile to Pakistan for reasons best known to them.

  4. Hypothecate (v.) mortgage, pawn — You can get loan from this bank by hypothecating house.

  5. Halcyon (adj.) calm, peaceful — Halcyon days a few years back appear to be just a dream.

  6. Holocaust (n.) destruction by fire — The third world war is bound to bring about nuclear holocaust.

  7. Hackneyed (adj.) commonplace, trite — Now-a-days no one is interested in the hackneyed speeches of the politicians.

  8. Hazy (adj.) slightly obscure — I have just a hazy idea of my mother because she died when I was just five years old.

  9. Hypocrite (n.) pretending virtue — Those who praise themselves are generally hypocrites.

  10. Hoax (n.) trick, practical joke — The information that a bomb had been planted in the aeroplane just proved a hoax.

  11. Haggard (adj.) lean, gaunt — A haggard and pale looking old man begged for some money.

  12. Heinous (adj.) atrocious, odious — The heinous crimes by the Nazis are against every norm of civilization.

  13. Humane (adj.) kind — Every religion preaches to be humane and considerate.

  14. Haphazard (adj.) random, by chance — He had no time and bought the clothes haphazardly.

  15. Hazardous (adj.) dangerous — Dilli Ki Bipta is the famous reportage of Shahid Ahmad Dehlvi, in which he narrated his hazardous journey from riot-infested Delhi to Lahore in September 1947.