GRE Word List
HAPLESS
having no luck : unfortunate
The meaning of the word hapless is having no luck : unfortunate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| abortive | prematurely born |
| apocryphal | of doubtful authenticity : spurious |
| carapace | a bony or chitinous case or shield covering the back or part of the back of an animal (such as a turtle or crab) |
| tension | inner striving, unrest, or imbalance often with physiological indication of emotion |
| sporadic | occurring occasionally, singly, or in irregular or random instances |
| quibble | to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words |
| motif | a usually recurring salient thematic element (as in the arts) |
| inadvertently | unintentional |
| lionize | to treat as an object of great interest or importance |
| plume | a feather of a bird: such as |