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Holocaust - destruction by fire

Usage - They survived a veritable holocaust of German artillery fire from 3 sides of the Wood.

Link - holocaust - conc. on (caust) - we read it as caustic ... caustic is something that causes burning sensation , acidic ... holocaustic is extreme of caustic that is fully destroyed by burning .....

Holster - leather pistol case

Usage - He kept his pistol in a holster.

Link - holster rhymes with gangster.. a gangster wud ve a holster with him to keep his pistol..

Link2 - A HOSTLER can have only holster in room as pistol is not allowed...

Homage - honor, tribute, great respect 

Usage - One had to pay homage to the king. 

Link - Homage = Home + Age; In our culture, we respect the aged persons of our home...

Homely - unattractive, not good looking, having a feeling of home

Link - most of the homely girls are very unattractive(behen ji types)...now a days guys want hot and sexy  gals....

Homeostasis - tendency of a system or organism to maintain relative stability or internal equilibrium

Usage - The question is: What physiological systems help to maintain heart rate homeostasis? 

Link - split it as homeo+status...i.e if you take homeo medicine then your status will be stable or the body system will maintain relative stability...

Link2 - sounds like homo+status...if you turn your status to a gay..you will be relieved from all girly shit..(u can send ur gf 2 me in dat case.. :P)

Homily - sermon, tedious moralizing lecture, serious warning 

Usage -  He also said that he preached short, well prepared homilies.

Link -  homily = home becomes silly....when you get a warning from your parents you take it as an unwanted homily (sermon)...

Link2 - home+silly....when we do SILLY things at HOME ,our parents get annoyed and we get SERIOUS WARNING of being beaten by belt...

Hone -  sharpen

Usage - Camps offer a chance to hone skills in horse riding, or football, or event to study for exams. 

Link - Hone sounds like horn or cone, and both horn and cone are sharp..

Hoodwink -  deceive, delude

Usage - He hoodwinked his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well 

Link - the thief winked under the hood of his jacket to deceive the cops...

Hortatory - encouraging, marked by exhortation

Usage - Although he does not use hortatory language at this point, a concern for the audience is transparent.

Link - when you are working in your office and your boss sends a hot girl in your room to do it with her...but only at one cost...you have to finish the work first..you will be encouraged..

Link2 - While ploughing farms with bulls, farmers say "HUR HUR ;HORT HORT" to encourage bulls to move ahead. This is HORTATORY....

Hothead - person who does things too quickly without thinking

Link - head means person(per head)... when we touch hot stuffs like hot iron..we take our hand immediately off it without thinking...hence hothead refers to person who does things without thinking..

Hover - hang about, stay in the air in one place

Usage - The shy student hovered in the corner 

Link - HOVER----HangOVER in air.....

Hubbub - confused uproar, loud noise 

Usage - Set down a winding farm track the cottage is a tranquil hideaway from the hubbub of modern day life. 

Link - when people come to a HUB(center of activity or interest or commerce or transportation), they tend to get confused due to the loud noise present there...

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