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 |
|---|---|
| ferret | a domesticated usually albino, brownish, or silver-gray animal (Mustela putorius furo) that is descended from the European polecat |
| precipitous | precipitate |
| dissonance | lack of agreement |
| subsistence | real being : existence |
| piecemeal | one piece at a time : gradually |
| incrustation | a crust or hard coating |
| postmortem | done, occurring, or collected after death |
| meander | a winding path or course |
| marred | to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil |
| miasma | a vaporous exhalation formerly believed to cause disease |