GRE Word List
HAPLESS
having no luck : unfortunate
The meaning of the word hapless is having no luck : unfortunate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| supplicate | to make a humble entreaty |
| notoriety | the quality or state of being notorious |
| pugnacity | having a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent |
| repast | something taken as food : meal |
| ultimatum | a final proposition, condition, or demand |
| prohibitive | tending to prohibit or restrain |
| bequeath | to give or leave by will (see will |
| 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 |
| shun | to avoid deliberately and especially habitually |
| pontifical | episcopal attire |