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 |
|---|---|
| misapprehension | to apprehend wrongly : misunderstand |
| coup | a sudden decisive exercise of force in politics and especially the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group : coup d'Γ©tat |
| defile | to make unclean or impure: such as |
| paleontology | a science dealing with the life of past geologic periods as known from fossil remains |
| solicit | to make petition to : entreat |
| supposititious | fraudulently substituted : spurious |
| manacle | a shackle for the hand or wrist : handcuff |
| sublime | to cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form |
| monolithic | of, relating to, or resembling a monolith : huge |
| cerebration | to use the mind : think |