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 |
|---|---|
| disquisition | a formal inquiry into or discussion of a subject : discourse |
| apprehensive | viewing the future with anxiety or alarm : feeling or showing fear or apprehension about the future |
| complacency | self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies |
| brocade | a rich silk fabric with raised patterns in gold and silver |
| stentorian | extremely loud |
| earn | to receive as return for effort and especially for work done or services rendered |
| deport | to send out of the country by legal deportation |
| pernicious | highly injurious or destructive : deadly |
| antithesis | the direct opposite |
| sententious | given to or abounding in aphoristic expression |