GRE Word List
HAPLESS
having no luck : unfortunate
The meaning of the word hapless is having no luck : unfortunate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gregarious | tending to associate with others of one's kind : social |
| verisimilitude | the quality or state of being verisimilar |
| sinister | singularly evil or productive of evil |
| defalcate | deduct |
| malicious | having or showing a desire to cause harm to someone : given to, marked by, or arising from malice |
| check | to inspect, examine, or look at appraisingly or appreciatively |
| pessimism | an inclination to emphasize adverse aspects, conditions, and possibilities or to expect the worst possible outcome |
| nova | a star that suddenly increases its light output tremendously and then fades away to its former obscurity in a few months or years |
| legato | in a manner that is smooth and connected (as between successive tones) |
| delusion | something that is falsely or delusively believed or propagated |