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 |
|---|---|
| transcendental | transcendent |
| stink | to emit a strong offensive odor |
| disbar | to expel from the bar or the legal profession : deprive (an attorney) of legal status and privileges |
| discompose | to destroy the composure of |
| fervid | very hot : burning |
| efface | to eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface |
| pastiche | a literary, artistic, musical, or architectural work that imitates the style of previous work |
| roil | to make turbid by stirring up the sediment or dregs of |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| desperate | having lost hope |