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 |
|---|---|
| siren | any of a group of female and partly human creatures in Greek mythology that lured mariners to destruction by their singing |
| retrench | cut down |
| sphinx-like | enigmatic; mysterious |
| veracity | conformity with truth or fact : accuracy |
| perpetual | continuing forever : everlasting |
| actuarial | of or relating to actuaries |
| foist | to introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant |
| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |
| maladroit | lacking adroitness : inept |
| hireling | a person who serves for hire especially for purely mercenary motives |