GRE Word List
HAPLESS
having no luck : unfortunate
The meaning of the word hapless is having no luck : unfortunate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| acknowledge | to recognize the rights, authority, or status of |
| fanciful | marked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience |
| alienate | to cause to be estranged : to make unfriendly, hostile, or indifferent especially where attachment formerly existed |
| soporific | causing or tending to cause sleep |
| periphery | the perimeter of a circle or other closed curve |
| conflagration | fire |
| torpor | a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility |
| irretrievable | not retrievable : impossible to regain or recover |
| demolition | the act of demolishing |
| predilection | an established preference for something |