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.

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WordMeaning
hackneyedlacking in freshness or originality
digressionthe act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work
objectiveexpressing or dealing with facts or conditions as perceived without distortion by personal feelings, prejudices, or interpretations
apiculturethe keeping of bees especially on a large scale
wadeto step in or through a medium (such as water) offering more resistance than air
restivestubbornly resisting control : balky
trepidationa nervous or fearful feeling of uncertain agitation : apprehension
forerunnerone that precedes and indicates the approach of another: such as
nauseouscausing nausea or disgust : nauseating
soarto fly aloft or about