GRE Word List
HAPLESS
having no luck : unfortunate
The meaning of the word hapless is having no luck : unfortunate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| implication | something implied: such as |
| dilatory | tending or intended to cause delay |
| repudiate | to refuse to accept |
| astute | having or showing shrewdness and an ability to notice and understand things clearly : mentally sharp or clever |
| plutocracy | government by the wealthy |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| pluck | to pull or pick off or out |
| knack | a special ready capacity that is hard to analyze or teach |
| inamorata | a woman with whom one is in love or has intimate relations |
| ruddy | having a healthy reddish color |