GRE Word List
HAPLESS
having no luck : unfortunate
The meaning of the word hapless is having no luck : unfortunate.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| indemnify | to secure against hurt, loss, or damage |
| clap | to strike (two things, such as two flat, hard surfaces) together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise |
| parameter | an arbitrary constant whose value characterizes a member of a system (such as a family of curves) |
| vaunted | highly or widely praised or boasted about |
| centripetal | proceeding or acting in a direction toward a center or axis |
| tendentious | marked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view : biased |
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| gustatory | relating to or associated with eating or the sense of taste |
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