GRE Word List
HAPLESS
having no luck : unfortunate
The meaning of the word hapless is having no luck : unfortunate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| soporific | causing or tending to cause sleep |
| gratuitous | not called for by the circumstances : not necessary, appropriate, or justified : unwarranted |
| mendicant | beggar |
| cauterize | to sear with a cautery or caustic |
| detain | to hold or keep in or as if in custody |
| prompt | to move to action : incite |
| fluted | having or marked by grooves |
| consecrate | dedicated to a sacred purpose |
| bohemian | a native or inhabitant of Bohemia |
| gory | covered with gore : bloodstained |