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 |
|---|---|
| junket | trip |
| pathetic | having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity |
| quench | put out |
| galleon | a heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish |
| awe | an emotion variously combining dread, veneration, and wonder that is inspired by authority or by the sacred or sublime |
| hatch | a small door or opening (as in an airplane or spaceship) |
| affirmation | the act of affirming |
| loathe | to dislike greatly and often with disgust or intolerance : detest |
| apothegm | a short, pithy, and instructive saying or formulation : aphorism |
| hydrophobia | rabies |