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 |
|---|---|
| contest | strive |
| ascetic | practicing strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline |
| totem | an object (such as an animal or plant) serving as the emblem of a family or clan and often as a reminder of its ancestry |
| roil | to make turbid by stirring up the sediment or dregs of |
| titillate | to excite pleasurably : arouse by stimulation |
| commonplace | commonly found or seen : ordinary |
| ablution | the washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite) |
| confluence | a coming or flowing together, meeting, or gathering at one point |
| deference | respect and esteem due a superior or an elder |
| mute | unable to speak : lacking the power of speech |