GRE Word List
HAPHAZARD
marked by lack of plan, order, or direction
The meaning of the word haphazard is marked by lack of plan, order, or direction.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| potential | existing in possibility : capable of development into actuality |
| outstrip | to go faster or farther than |
| camp | a place usually away from urban areas where tents or simple buildings (such as cabins) are erected for shelter or for temporary residence (as for laborers, prisoners, or vacationers) |
| bolt | a lightning stroke |
| microcosm | a little world |
| pestle | a usually club-shaped implement for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar see mortar illustration |
| profligate | wildly extravagant |
| grievance | a cause of distress (such as an unsatisfactory working condition) felt to afford reason for complaint or resistance |
| libretto | the text of a work (such as an opera) for the musical theater |
| punitive | inflicting, involving, or aiming at punishment |