GRE Word List
HAPLESS
having no luck : unfortunate
The meaning of the word hapless is having no luck : unfortunate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| natation | the action or art of swimming |
| auspicious | showing or suggesting that future success is likely : propitious |
| diffuse | being at once verbose and ill-organized |
| psychosis | a serious mental illness (such as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality often with hallucinations or delusions |
| whet | to sharpen by rubbing on or with something (such as a stone) |
| boor | peasant |
| coy | marked by cute, coquettish, or artful playfulness |
| endear | to cause to become beloved or admired |
| perjury | the voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath : false swearing |