GRE Word List

HAPLESS

having no luck : unfortunate

The meaning of the word hapless is having no luck : unfortunate.

Random words

WordMeaning
hazardousinvolving or exposing one to risk (as of loss or harm)
inanimatenot animate:
marredto ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil
wilyfull of wiles : crafty
chastento correct by punishment or suffering : discipline
pendantsomething suspended: such as
oscillateto swing backward and forward like a pendulum
sedentarynot migratory : settled
humusa brown or black complex variable material resulting from partial decomposition of plant or animal matter and forming the organic (see organic
deciduousfalling off or shed seasonally or at a certain stage of development in the life cycle