GRE Word List
HAP
happening
The meaning of the word hap is happening.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| shrew | any of a family (Soricidae) of small chiefly nocturnal insectivores related to the moles and distinguished by a long pointed snout, very small eyes, and short velvety fur |
| pinch | to squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument |
| holster | a leather or fabric case for carrying a firearm on the person (as on the hip or chest), on a saddle, or in a vehicle |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| smug | highly self-satisfied |
| beleaguer | besiege |
| extort | to obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring |
| stanza | a division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter and rhyme : strophe |
| sleek | slick |
| idiosyncrasy | a peculiarity of constitution or temperament : an individualizing characteristic or quality |