GRE Word List
HAPLESS
having no luck : unfortunate
The meaning of the word hapless is having no luck : unfortunate.
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| plebiscite | a vote by which the people of an entire country or district express an opinion for or against a proposal especially on a choice of government or ruler |
| convex | curved or rounded outward like the exterior of a sphere or circle |
| titular | having the title and usually the honors belonging to an office or dignity without the duties, functions, or responsibilities |
| bolt | a lightning stroke |
| poignancy | the quality or state of being poignant |
| hieroglyphic | written in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters |
| emboss | to raise the surface of into bosses |
| brindled | having obscure dark streaks or flecks on a usually gray or tawny ground |
| tentative | not fully worked out or developed |
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