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 |
|---|---|
| droll | having a humorous, whimsical, or odd quality |
| opportune | suitable or convenient for a particular occurrence |
| expository | of, relating to, or containing exposition |
| acclivity | an ascending slope (as of a hill) |
| blare | to sound loud and strident |
| susceptible | capable of submitting to an action, process, or operation |
| abject | sunk to or existing in a low state or condition : very bad or severe |
| insularity | characteristic of an isolated people |
| ancestry | line of descent : lineage |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |