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 |
|---|---|
| taut | having no give or slack : tightly drawn |
| incrustation | a crust or hard coating |
| recuperate | to get back : regain |
| hoary | gray or white with or as if with age |
| rejoinder | the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication |
| catalyst | a substance that enables a chemical reaction to proceed at a usually faster rate or under different conditions (as at a lower temperature) than otherwise possible |
| natation | the action or art of swimming |
| inarticulate | incapable of giving coherent, clear, or effective expression to one's ideas or feelings |
| mandatory | required by a law or rule : obligatory |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |