| A | B |
| galvanize | to shock; to arouse awareness |
| gamely | spiritedly, bravely |
| gauche | lacking social refinement |
| grandiloquence | fancy but meaningless language |
| gregarious | outgoing, sociable |
| grotto | a small cave |
| harangue | to give a long speech |
| hedonist | one who pursues pleasure as a goal |
| hegemony | the dominance of one state or group over its allies |
| heretical | departing from accepted beliefs |
| hiatus | a gap or interruption in space, time, or continuity |
| histrionics | exaggerated display of emotions |
| hubris | excessive pride or self-confidence |
| husband (verb) | to manage economically; to use sparingly |
| hypocrite | one who criticizes a flaw he in fact possesses |