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Answer: hermit

"Herbage" refers to lush pasture lands used for vegetation.

"Herbarium" refers to groups of plant 'specimens' which are being preserved, and it may also refer to the place where they are being kept.

"Herem" (or Cherem) equals a complete banning or excommunication from the Orthodox Jewish community.

"Hermit" has its roots in the notion of being a desert dweller in wide-open expanses. Now, it also talks of a person who voluntarily has withdrawn from ordinary society.

Note: the Hermitage in St. Petersburg, Russia has a magnificent world-famous winter palace and museums. In the United States, President Andrew Jackson's home was called "The Hermitage."

Answer: hermeneutics

Hermeneutics is kind of a fancy theoretical word referring to the study of interpretation originally of the Bible and, increasingly, to all linguistic structures.

Heredity alludes to the transfer of traits from one generation to another. The study of heredity is often called genetics.

Heredes is an old word for heirs.

Heresemach refers to a person battling against heretics and heresy. Heresy and heretics are very relative terms. They refer to the thoughts and actions of people who are against orthodox beliefs and opinion. In certain periods of history, people have been killed for their heretic beliefs.

Answer: herbivore

Herbivores eat plants primarily. An omnivore eats plants as well but, in addition, eats the vegetables and fruits produced by plants. Two examples of herbivores are cows and sheep. They have to consume a lot of plants in order to survive.

Herald can be a person who announces something, a thing or person coming before--as in the phrase, "rosebuds, those annual heralds of serenity"--or it can be a reference to rank, as in Heralds' College.

Herdic is a fun word referring to a 19th century horse-drawn carriage with a specific entrance at the rear and comfortable seats inside.

Answer: herder

Herd immunity happens when a group of living people or animals acquire immunity to a disease because of their proximity to each other.

A herbologist is a person who is crazy about studying herbs or collecting them.

Hercynite is a black oxide mineral that belongs to the group of spinel minerals.

There is the famous Hercynian Forest in Germany which Caesar said was enormous (sixty days long and nine days wide to cross). Now, this vast expanse has become known as part of the Harz Mountains.

The famous German poet and philosopher Johann Gottfried Von Herder lived in the eighteenth century.

Answer: herculean

Herculean stems from the Greek God (or demi-God), Hercules. To say something is herculean implies that that it requires great strength and courage.

Herby simply means full of or looking like grass or herbs.

Herb's patience is a plant with wavy looking leaves that people put in salad.

Herborist is simply another way of saying herbalist. Again, this is a person who loves to grow and study herbs.

Answer: Hertz

Named after Hertz, this concept refers to the SI measure of frequency and equals one cycle per second. SI comes from the French "Le Système International d'Unités."

Herts is a county in England, also known as Hertford and Hertfordshire.

Herrenvolk is the German term which refers to the "Master Race." It was a term heard often in Nazi Germany.

Herpetic simply means caused by or related to herpes.

Answer: heres

Heres in civil law is an heir. It may also be spelled haeres.

Heresiography is an organized formal paper on heresies.

Here is not there. Here is in the present, right where you (we) are.

Hereford is a place in both England and in Texas. It is also the name of red beef cattle which have white patterns, often both on the face and the body.

Answer: herbicide

Many "cide" words relate to a killing off--like "fratricide" or "homicide."

Heresiarch is a main leader of a heretical group. Again here, the 'arch' is a clue word; it is found in "patriarch," "matriarch," etc.

Herem is a term which signifies complete banishment or excommunication, sometimes forever.

Herringchoker is not a piece of jewelry. It is a term referring to people who live in New Brunswick. It is Canadian slang.

Answer: Hera

Hera is one of the more fascinating Greek goddesses. She has to put up with Zeus' philandering, and she intervenes in matters of marriage and birth. She is one of Zeus's three sisters and is daughter of Chronus and Rhea, two Titans.

Herringbone is the name of a piece of cloth with a characteristic chevron-shaped weave, that is, a V-shaped or an inverted V-shaped weave. It also refers to a method of skiing which consists of a similar V-shaped pattern.

Hers is a pronoun saying it belongs to someone else who is a female: "It's not mine but it's hers." Hers does not take an apostrophe.

A herpetologist studies amphibians and reptiles. Quite horribly really, the Greek term originally meant a creeping thing.

Answer: hermaphrodite

Herstory has come to be a way of saying "history" when people want to emphasize the experience of women.

Herren is the title of respect in German for men, in the plural. The singular is herr.

Herky-jerky relates to a spasmodic, erratic kind of movement.