Vocabulary Words - Third Grade - H:

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• half-hour
  (n.) 30 minutes.
  
  
• hallway
  (n.) An opening or way that leads to different rooms in a building.
  
  
• hammer
  (n.) A tool used to hit nails into wood.
  (v.) The act of using a hammer to hit nails or objects.
  
  
• handle
  (n.) Part of an object that you use to hold or open it.
  (v.) To take care of something; to hold in your hands.
  
  
• happen
  (v.) To take place.
  
  
• happiness
  (n.) Joy, contentment.
  
  
• hardly
  (adv.) Barely.
  (adv.) Barely, almost never.
  
  
• harmful
  (adj.) Causing harm or danger.
  
  
• harmony
  (n.) Combinations of musical notes that sound good together.
  
  
• hasn't
  (v.) Contraction of "has not".
  
  
• haunt
  (v.) To visit like a ghost.
  
  
• haven't
  (v.) Contraction of have not.
  
  
• haze
  (n.) Dust, smoke, or mist in the air that makes it hard to see.
  
  
• head
  (n.) The top part of your body that has your eyes, nose, and mouth in it.
  (v.) To go in a particular direction.
  (n.) The part of the body that contains the brain.
  
  
• heavy
  (adj.) Weighing a lot.
  
  
• height
  (n.) How tall someone or something is.
  
  
• helmet
  (n.) A hard hat that people wear to protect their heads.
  
  
• herd
  (n.) A group of animals.
  (v.) To gather people or animals together.
  
  
• herder
  (n.) A person who gathers/groups animals together.
  
  
• heritage
  (n.) The values and beliefs of a family or a culture.
  
  
• hero
  (n.) Someone who is admired for doing something brave or courageous.
  
  
• herself
  (pronoun) Used when a woman is affected by her own actions.
  
  
• high-heeled
  (adj.) Having high heels.
  
  
• himself
  (pronoun) Reflexive form of he.
  
  
• hoe
  (n.) A garden tool with a long handle, used for making the soil loose and removing plants.
  (v.) To use a garden tool to loosen soil and remove plants.
  
  

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