(verb): To deliver a long. noisy speech- harangued the multitude.
, A forerunner; ail announcer - the robin, harbinger of spring.
: Proud; looking down with contempt on others - dismissed the messenger in a haughty manner.
279. HEEDLESS: Thoughtless; taking little care - rushed into battle, heedless of the danger.
: Wicked; hateful - committed a heinous crime.
: An opinion held in opposition to the traditional view - a view condemned as heresy.
: A gap or vacancy; break -left a hiatus on the page where he erased a sentence.
: Pertaining to the theater; designed for show - broke into histrionic laughter, hollow and insincere.
(noun): A trick or deception; a practical joke - played a hoax upon the credulous public.
: Two words having the same sound but different meanings - confusing such homonyms as mail add male.
286. HOVEL: A dirty or wretched dwelling - born in a hovel, died in a mansion.
287. HYPERBOLE: Extravagant exaggeration for effect - An example of hyperbole: "There are a million objections to the project."
: An assumption made for the sake of argument - worked from a fantastic hypothesis.