GRE Word List
HAPLESS
having no luck : unfortunate
The meaning of the word hapless is having no luck : unfortunate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| itinerant | traveling from place to place |
| parallelism | the quality or state of being parallel |
| mannered | having manners of a specified kind |
| saturate | to satisfy fully : satiate |
| viper | a common Eurasian venomous snake (Vipera berus) that attains a length of about two feet (0.6 meter), varies in color from red, brown, or gray with dark markings to black, and is usually not fatal to humans |
| bilious | of or relating to a yellow or greenish fluid that is secreted by the liver and that aids especially in the emulsification and absorption of fats : of or relating to bile (see bile |
| allegory | the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence |
| latent | present and capable of emerging or developing but not now visible, obvious, active, or symptomatic |
| blunt | having an edge or point that is not sharp |
| demur | to take exception : object |