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.

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WordMeaning
gauchelacking social experience or grace
hazarda source of danger
elopeto run away secretly with the intention of getting married usually without parental consent
creeda brief authoritative formula of religious belief
dogmaticcharacterized by or given to the expression of opinions very strongly or positively as if they were facts
abridgeto shorten by omission of words without sacrifice of sense : condense
friskto search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets
scabbarda sheath for a sword, dagger, or bayonet
acknowledgeto recognize the rights, authority, or status of
libidoinstinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity