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 |
|---|---|
| ashen | of, relating to, or made from ash wood |
| afterlife | an existence after death |
| smattering | superficial piecemeal knowledge |
| onus | burden |
| slink | to go or move stealthily or furtively (as in fear or shame) : steal |
| nullify | to make null (see null |
| waggish | resembling or characteristic of a wag |
| whorl | a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle |
| plaintive | expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy |
| inept | generally incompetent : bungling |