GRE Word List
HAPLESS
having no luck : unfortunate
The meaning of the word hapless is having no luck : unfortunate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| recurrent | running or turning back in a direction opposite to a former course |
| irreverence | lack of reverence |
| transmute | to change or alter in form, appearance, or nature and especially to a higher form |
| rousing | giving rise to excitement : stirring |
| placate | to soothe or mollify especially by concessions : appease |
| insomnia | prolonged and usually abnormal inability to get enough sleep especially due to trouble falling asleep or staying asleep |
| raffle | to engage in a raffle |
| bereaved | suffering the death of a loved one |
| meek | enduring injury with patience and without resentment : mild |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |