GRE Word List
SPORADIC
occurring occasionally, singly, or in irregular or random instances
The meaning of the word sporadic is occurring occasionally, singly, or in irregular or random instances.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| inhibited | to prohibit from doing something |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| brawn | the flesh of a boar |
| senility | the quality or state of being senile : the physical and mental decline associated with old age |
| teetotalism | the principle or practice of complete abstinence from alcoholic drinks |
| inanimate | not animate: |
| abate | to decrease in force or intensity |
| pinnacle | an upright architectural member generally ending in a small spire and used especially in Gothic construction to give weight especially to a buttress |
| draconian | of, relating to, or characteristic of Draco or the severe code of laws held to have been framed by him |
| gawk | a clumsy stupid person : lout |