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 |
|---|---|
| hackles | one of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird |
| abnegation | denial |
| inclement | lacking mildness: such as |
| caulk | to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe) |
| resuscitate | to revive from apparent death or from unconsciousness |
| pert | saucily free and forward : flippantly cocky and assured |
| eloquence | discourse marked by force and persuasiveness |
| couple | two persons married, engaged, or otherwise romantically paired |
| spurn | to reject with disdain or contempt : scorn |
| pejorative | a word or phrase that has negative connotations (see connotation |