GRE Word List
HAPLESS
having no luck : unfortunate
The meaning of the word hapless is having no luck : unfortunate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| rout | a state of wild confusion or disorderly retreat |
| devise | to form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent |
| implacable | not placable : not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated |
| refrain | curb |
| covert | not openly shown, engaged in, or avowed : veiled |
| rivet | a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head |
| outcast | one that is cast out or refused acceptance (as by society) : pariah |
| groom | bridegroom |
| prodigal | characterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure : lavish |
| tumid | marked by swelling : swollen |