Henry Hornet Words

 

abate
aberrations
abet
abeyance
abject
abscond
absolve
abyssal
accolade
accretion
acerbity
acrimonious
acumen
adamant
admonition
adroit
adulation
affable
affectation
afferent
agglutination
alacrity
alpha
altruistic
amalgamated
ambidextrous
ambiguous
amicable
amity
amorous
anathema
annihilate
annotated
anomalous
anticlimactic
antipathy
antithesis
apathetic
apathy
aphorism
aplomb
appalling
apparition
apprise
apropos
aqueous
aquiline
arduous
arid
arrant
ascribe
aspirant
assiduous
assuage
astute
anachronism
audacious
augment
august
austere
averse
avert
avid
banal
bard
baroque
belie
bellicose
benign
berate
berserk
bestial
biennially
bigotry
blasé
blatant
blazon
blurb
bogus
bootless
bovine
cabal
cache
cadaverous
cajole
candid
capricious
captious
casual
celerity
censure
cerulean
charlatan
chastise
chronological
circumspect
clairvoyant
clandestine
clemency
cliché
cockney
cogent
cognizance
colossus
complaisant
compliance
compunction
conciliatory
concurrent
condone
conducive
confluence
congruity
connoisseur
connotation
consensus
contemporary
contentious
contrite
convivial
corpulence
corroborate
coruscation
cosmic
coterie
crucible
crux
cuisine
cumbersome
cupidity
curmudgeon
cursory
curtail
cynical
debacle
decorous
decorum
decry
delete
deleterious
delude
demise
demur
denouement
deprecate
derelict
deride
derision
derogatory
desultory
deter
devoid
diabolical
dialectical
didactic
digress
dire
disburse
discordant
disparage
disperse
disseminated
dissident
dissonant

diverge
dormant
dotage
dubious
duplicity
ebullient
eccentric
eclogue
ecstasy
edible
educe
effete
efficacious
effigy
effusive
egress
elucidate
emolument
emulate
enhance
enigmatic
ennui
entourage
ephemeral
epicure
epitaph
epitome
equanimity
equitable
err
erudite
eschew
esculent
essence
ethereal
eulogy
euphonious
euphoria
euphuism
eureka
evocative
evoke
exodus
exonerate
expedient
expedite
expendable
expiate
exploit
expostulation
expurgate
extenuate
façade
facetious
fatuous
fauna
faux pas
feint
felicitous
felonious
fiduciary
filch
flagrant
flora
florid
flout
foible
fractious
frangible
gamut
garble
gargoyle
garrulous
generalize
genteel
gratuity
gregarious
grimace
guile
hackneyed
harbinger
harangue
heinous
heresy
histrionic
holocaust
homily
hypochondriac
iconoclast
idiosyncrasy
ignominious
illimitable
impasse
impeccable
impediment
imperious
impertinent
impervious
impetus
implacable
improvise
impute
inadvertent
inane
inanition
inarticulate
inaudible
incessant
incisive
inclement
incognito
incumbent
indefatigable
indictment
indigent
indoctrinated
ineffable
ineluctable
ineptitude
inequity
infallible
infamous
ingénue
inhibit
inimical
innovate
innovation
innuendo
inscrutable
insouciance
intangible
integrity
interim
intermittent
intrepid
intrinsic
inundation
invective
invidious
irascible
irrevocable
itinerant
jejune
jeopardize
jeopardy
jocund
lachrymose
lackadaisical
laconic
lampoon
languid
lapidary
latent
laudable
legatee
lethal
lethargic
lief
lien
limpid
locution
loquacious
lucid
lucrative

lugubrious
luminaries
machination
magnanimous
magnanimity
malevolent
malign
malignant
mandatory
manifold
maudlin
meander
Mecca
mélange
mellifluous
mendicant
mentor
mercenary
metamorphosis
meticulous
mien
minimize
mirth
misanthrope
miscreant
momentum
monody
mordant
morose
mortality
mountebank
mull
multiplicity
mundane
nebulous
neophyte
nostalgia
novice
nuance
obdurate
obsequies
obsequious
obsession
obstreperous
oleaginous
omnivorous
onus
opulence
orientation
ornithology
orthodox
orthography
panacea
panorama
pathos
patina
patriarch
peccadillo
pedagogue
penchant
pendent
pentameter
perfidy
perfunctory
peripatetic
periphery
permutation
pernicious
peroration
perspective
perspicuity
pertinaciously
perusal
pervade
phenomenal
philatelist
philology
picayune
pious
piquant
piscatorial
placate
plagiarize
plenipotentiary
plutocracy
poignant
polyphony
pornography
portend
portentous
precocious
procacious 
preconcerted
precursor
predatory
predilection
preponderance
preponderantly
probity
problematical
proclivity
procrastinate
profane
proffer
profligate
prognostication
propitiate
prosaic
prostrate
protégé
prowess
pseudo
pseudonym
purloin
pusillanimous
qualm
quiescent
quietus
quixotic
rabid
rapport
rationalize
recalcitrant
reciprocate
recluse
recrimination
rectitude
recumbent
redundant
refurbish
regimen
reiterate
reminate *
renunciation
repartee
repatriate
repercussion
replete
requisite
rescind
resilient
respite
retaliate
reticent
retinue
retrograde
retrospect
risqué
ruminate
sagacious
sagacity
salient
sanctimonious
sanction
sanguine
sardonic
savant
schism
scion
scrupulous
scrutinize
scurrilous
sedentary
semantics

senescent
sequester
serene 
simulate
soporific
spontaneous
sporadic
squalid
stigma
stipend
stoicism
stolid
strategy
subterfuge
subtle
succinct
succumb
supercilious
surreptitious
substantiate
syllogism
tacit
taciturn
tangible
tantamount
tawdry
temerity
temporal
tenable
thaumaturgy
therapeutic
traduce
transient
truculent
turbid
turgid
turpitude
ubiquitous
unpropitious
unctuous
unobtrusively
Utopia
vacuous
vagary
veracious
variance
vehemently
verbiage
verbose
verdant
veritable
vernacular
vernal
vertiginous
viable
viand
vicissitude
vitiate
vituperative
vociferous
vortex
wanton

 

Note: "reminate"
is not found in a
current dictionary

 

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Charlotte McClintock
ENGLISH
[1953 Purgold]

It is our understanding that
Charlotte McClintock
created the Henry Hornet Words.

Students were expected to:
1) Be able to pronounce each word
2) Spell each word
3) Know the meaning of each word
4) Be able to use each word in a sentence
5) Find how the words were used in books

Can YOU?

Henry Hornet Words Contributed By
Lauri Eyton Smith & Donna De Shon Rogers
Class of 1969

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