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 |
|---|---|
| pungent | sharply painful |
| malapropism | the usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase |
| maneuver | a military or naval movement |
| buccaneer | any of the freebooters preying on Spanish ships and settlements especially in 17th century West Indies |
| serrated | notched or toothed on the edge |
| outlook | a place offering a view |
| underscore | to draw a line under : underline |
| acquiesce | to accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively |
| decapitate | to cut off the head of : behead |
| lounge | to act or move idly or lazily : loaf |