| 5000 Vocabulary List for Visiting Scholars in the USA - Page 261 | |||
| Word | Type | Used in a Sentence | Synonym |
| hire | noun | This car is for hire. | rent |
| verb | I hired him to work for me. | employed | |
| his | pron. | His car is a new blue sedan. | possessive he |
| pron. | The mistake is his. | belonging to him | |
| hiss | noun | There was a hiss and my tire was flat. | sound of air |
| verb | He hissed the performance that night. | heckled | |
| historic | adj. | It was a historic day in 1776. | celebrated |
| historical | adj. | The historical marker was stone. | important |
| history | noun | History was made on that day in 1987. | the past |
| noun | He has a history of making mistakes. | record | |
| hit | verb | He was hit by a falling rock. | struck |
| noun | The song was a big hit. | success | |