GRE Word List
HAP
happening
The meaning of the word hap is happening.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cartographer | one that makes maps |
| embellish | to make beautiful with ornamentation : decorate |
| bleak | exposed and barren and often windswept |
| creep | to move along with the body prone and close to the ground |
| grandiloquent | a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language |
| transcendent | exceeding usual limits : surpassing |
| reaper | one that reaps |
| epic | a long narrative poem in elevated style recounting the deeds of a legendary or historical hero |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| throttle | to compress the throat of : choke |