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 |
|---|---|
| enterprising | marked by an independent energetic spirit and by readiness to act |
| strut | to become turgid : swell |
| supererogatory | observed or performed to an extent not enjoined or required |
| stoic | a member of a school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium about 300 b.c. |
| canard | a false or unfounded report or story |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| enervate | lacking physical, mental, or moral vigor : enervated |
| ostensible | intended for display : open to view |
| grudge | to be unwilling to give or admit : give or allow reluctantly or resentfully |
| knit | to form by interlacing yarn or thread in a series of connected loops with needles |