GRE Word List
HAPLESS
having no luck : unfortunate
The meaning of the word hapless is having no luck : unfortunate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| soluble | susceptible of being dissolved in or as if in a liquid and especially water |
| illusion | a misleading image presented to the vision : optical illusion |
| bigot | a person who is obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices |
| contaminate | to soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association |
| catastrophe | a momentous tragic event ranging from extreme misfortune to utter overthrow or ruin |
| lancet | a sharp-pointed and commonly 2-edged surgical instrument used to make small incisions |
| facetious | joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish |
| parameter | an arbitrary constant whose value characterizes a member of a system (such as a family of curves) |
| harbinger | something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come |