| 5000 Vocabulary List for Visiting Scholars in the USA - Page 247 | |||
| Word | Type | Used in a Sentence | Synonym |
| halt | noun | At a word the troops came to a halt. | stop |
| verb | You must halt your other activity. | stop | |
| halve | verb | We will halve the work for them. | split in 2 equal parts |
| ham | noun | We ate a ham for our dinner. | cured pork leg |
| hamburger | noun | Hamburgers are a popular food item. | meat sandwich |
| noun | Hamburger is used for cooking. | ground beef | |
| hammer | noun | He used a hammer to pound a nail. | mallet |
| verb | We hammered out our problems. | worked | |
| hamper | verb | Transportation will hamper our sales. | hinder |
| hand | noun | He used his hands to hold the flag. | fist |
| verb | Please hand in your homework. | turn | |
| noun | Give my friend a hand when he moves. | assistance | |
| noun | Let's give the speaker a hand. | applause | |