Webster Essential Vocabulary

hapless(HAP lis) adj. unlucky; unfortunate; prone to mishap

• Jim was so haplessthat he managed to lose five car keys in one month.


• HaplessHarriet was left at the altar by three consecutive fiancés.
  [-ly adv.]

Quick Review #105.

Match the word from column 2 with the word from column 1 that means most
nearly the same thing.

G – H: GRE Words 291

1. gainsay


2. garrison


3. garrulous


4. genre


5. geyser


6. gist


7. gladiator


8. gouge


9. gregarious


10. gristle


11. gust


12. hackneyed


13. hamper


14. hapless

a. essence

b. sociable

c. impede

d. wind

e. loquacious

f. unlucky

g. trite

h. military fort

i. fighter

j. cartilage

k. gusher

l. cheat

m. class

n. deny

harbinger(HAHR bin joer) n. a person or thing that comes before someone or
something else to announce the arrival

• The swallows returning to Capistrano is one of the harbingersof spring.


• The geese flying south is a harbingerof the weather’s turning cold.


• The shrill sounding of the Klaxon on a submarine is the harbingerof the
  ship’s diving.
  [Syn. herald]
  harrow(HAR oh) vt. to torment; vex; cause mental distress


• It harrowedConnie that her rival had gotten the position she had wanted.


• Studying for the SAT test was a harrowingexperience for Fred because so
  much depended on his doing well.
  [-ed, -ing]