GRE Word List
HAPLESS
having no luck : unfortunate
The meaning of the word hapless is having no luck : unfortunate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| rapt | lifted up and carried away |
| unctuous | having, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality |
| nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |
| taint | to contaminate morally : corrupt |
| rancor | bitter deep-seated ill will |
| accommodate | to provide with something desired, needed, or suited |
| 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 |
| overbearing | tending to overwhelm : overpowering |
| cogent | appealing forcibly to the mind or reason : convincing |
| impede | to interfere with or slow the progress of |