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 |
|---|---|
| tenuous | having little substance or strength : flimsy |
| forge | a furnace or a shop with its furnace where metal is heated and wrought : smithy |
| contrivance | a thing contrived |
| concerted | mutually contrived or agreed on |
| restive | stubbornly resisting control : balky |
| waver | to vacillate irresolutely between choices : fluctuate in opinion, allegiance, or direction |
| supplicate | to make a humble entreaty |
| hieroglyphic | written in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters |
| figurine | a small carved or molded figure : statuette |
| premonitory | giving warning |