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 |
|---|---|
| analgesic | an agent producing diminished sensation to pain without loss of consciousness : a drug that is used to relieve pain and produce analgesia |
| extraneous | existing on or coming from the outside |
| debris | the remains of something broken down or destroyed |
| extricate | to free or remove from an entanglement or difficulty |
| rhetoric | the art of speaking or writing effectively: such as |
| pretension | an allegation of doubtful value : pretext |
| excerpt | a passage (as from a book or musical composition) selected, performed, or copied : extract |
| stratagem | an artifice or trick in war for deceiving and outwitting the enemy |
| disenfranchise | to deprive of a franchise, of a legal right, or of some privilege or immunity |
| decapitate | to cut off the head of : behead |