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 |
|---|---|
| peregrination | to travel especially on foot : walk |
| nascent | coming or having recently come into existence |
| espionage | the practice of spying or using spies to obtain information about the plans and activities especially of a foreign government or a competing company |
| anvil | a heavy usually steel-faced iron block on which metal is shaped (as by hand hammering) |
| contrite | feeling or showing sorrow and remorse for improper or objectionable behavior, actions, etc. |
| cordon | an ornamental cord or ribbon |
| emaciated | very thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness |
| jab | to pierce or prod (someone or something) with or as if with a pointed object |
| suborn | to induce secretly to do an unlawful thing |
| expletive | a syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense |