GRE Word List
HAPLESS
having no luck : unfortunate
The meaning of the word hapless is having no luck : unfortunate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| invincible | incapable of being conquered, overcome, or subdued |
| sonorous | producing sound (as when struck) |
| iota | an infinitesimal amount : jot |
| vicarious | experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |
| parvenu | one that has recently or suddenly risen to an unaccustomed position of wealth or power and has not yet gained the prestige, dignity, or manner associated with it |
| plenitude | the quality or state of being full : completeness |
| microcosm | a little world |
| millennium | the thousand years mentioned in Revelation (see revelation |
| expletive | a syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense |
| septic | of, relating to, or causing putrefaction |