GRE Word List

HAPLESS

having no luck : unfortunate

The meaning of the word hapless is having no luck : unfortunate.

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supplicateto make a humble entreaty
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repastsomething taken as food : meal
ultimatuma final proposition, condition, or demand
prohibitivetending to prohibit or restrain
bequeathto give or leave by will (see will
riveta headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head
shunto avoid deliberately and especially habitually
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