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 |
|---|---|
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |
| traumatic | psychologically or emotionally stressful in a way that can lead to serious mental and emotional problems |
| rally | to muster for a common purpose |
| explicit | fully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity : leaving no question as to meaning or intent |
| senility | the quality or state of being senile : the physical and mental decline associated with old age |
| malevolent | having, showing, or arising from intense often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred |
| fabricate | invent |
| diadem | crown |
| desecrate | to violate the sanctity of : profane |
| insalubrious | not conducive to health : unwholesome |