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 |
|---|---|
| depreciate | to lower in honor or esteem |
| writ | something written : writing |
| ostracize | to exile by ostracism |
| crabbed | marked by a forbidding moroseness |
| expletive | a syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense |
| congruent | congruous |
| gauche | lacking social experience or grace |
| fulminate | to utter or send out with denunciation |
| pontifical | episcopal attire |
| speck | a small discoloration or spot especially from stain or decay |