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Short words

This week’s words
eke
hap
aver
lam
ana

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PRONUNCIATION:

(hap)

MEANING:

noun:	1. Chance; fortune.
	2. An occurrence.
verb tr.:	1. To occur.
	2. To clothe, cover, or wrap.

ETYMOLOGY:

For noun and verb 1: From Old Norse happ (good luck). Ultimately from the Indo-European root kobe (to suit, fit, or succeed), which also gave us happen, happy, hapless, and mishap. Earliest documented use: 1350.
For verb 2: Of uncertain origin. Earliest documented use: 1390.

USAGE:

“Well, my hap, against astronomic odds, was to fly to Australia on a film project.”
Herman Wouk; The Lawgiver; Simon and Schuster; 2012.

See more usage examples of hap in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

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