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 |
|---|---|
| benediction | the invocation (see invocation |
| perpetual | continuing forever : everlasting |
| debilitate | to impair the strength of : enfeeble |
| sullen | gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed |
| motility | the quality or state of being motile : capability of movement |
| penury | a cramping and oppressive lack of resources (such as money) |
| scanty | limited or less than sufficient in degree, quantity, or extent |
| inopportune | inconvenient |
| excise | an internal tax levied on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of a commodity |
| imperturbable | marked by extreme calm, impassivity, and steadiness : serene |