This document provides vocabulary words and definitions for Week 13 of a College Composition class. It includes 20 words: hardihood, harmonious, havoc, hawthorn, hazard, heartrending, heathenish, heedless, heifer, heinous, hemorrhage, henchman, henpeck, heptagon, heptarchy, herbaceous, herbarium, herbivorous, hereditary, and heredity. The definitions cover a range of topics from foolish daring to the transmission of traits from parents to children.

1. Vocab Words Week 13 College Composition Ms. Wummel

2. (noun) foolish daring hardihood Playing “chicken” is a hardihood that everyone should avoid.

3. (adj) concordant in sound harmonious Even though I try my hardest, I am never harmonious when I sing in the shower.

4. (noun) devistation havoc Hurricanes often leave behind havoc and destruction.

5. (noun) a thorny shrub much used in England for hedges hawthorn The first time I skateboarded, I fell face-first into a hedge of hawthorns.

6. (noun) risk hazard Walking around without shoes is often considered a health hazard.

7. (adj) very depressing heartrending Most nights, I have to change the channel because the news is so heartrending.

8. (adj) irreligious heathenish Your heathenish behavior is sure to land you in jail.

9. (adj) thoughtless heedless I am addicted to Facebook simply because it’s a heedless distraction from my real work.

10. (noun) young cow heifer The heifer isn’t a useful animal until it matures enough to produce milk.

11. (adj) odiously sinful heinous The beating shown on the news yesterday was a heinous hate crime, and it is doubtful the act will be forgiven.

12. (noun) discharge of blood from a ruptured wounded blood-vessel hemorrhage Head injuries are very scary because of the possibility of a hemorrhage and the damage it can do to the brain.

13. (noun) a servile assistant and subordinate henchman King Lear was smart enough to keep many knights, but in the end he really only needed Kent as his sincere henchman.

14. (verb) to worry or harass by ill temper and petty annoyances henpeck I rarely ever listen to my voicemails for fear that the caller is henpecking me to do more work than I have time for.

15. (noun) a figure having seven sides and seven angles heptagon I plan to build my future house as a heptagon so that I can put posters of each Twilight character on his/her own wall.

16. (noun) a group of seven governments heptarchy Little can be accomplished when a heptarchygets together, especially when each leader is a fan of golf.

17. (adj) having the character of a herb herbaceous The leafy texture of lettuce makes it a very herbaceous vegetable.

18. (noun) a collection of dried plants scientifically arranged for study herbarium Only botanists would appreciate the beauty that goes into visiting an herbarium.

19. (adj) feeding on herbs or other vegetable matter, as animals herbivorous The herbivorous dinosaurs had a slim chance of survival when going up against carnivores like a T-Rex.

20. (adj) passing naturally from parent to child hereditary Diseases like cancer and heart disease are hereditary, and should, therefore, be checked for during annual physicals.

21. (noun) transmission of physical or mental qualities, diseases, etc. from parent to offspring heredity Many people should check their backgrounds and heredity before choosing to create offspring.