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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dispel | to drive away or cause to vanish by or as if by scattering : dissipate |
| polygamist | marriage in which a spouse of either sex may have more than one mate at the same time compare polyandry |
| nova | a star that suddenly increases its light output tremendously and then fades away to its former obscurity in a few months or years |
| sleight | deceitful craftiness |
| trim | to remove by or as if by cutting |
| transparent | having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid |
| trenchant | keen |
| animated | endowed with life or the qualities of life : alive |
| eulogy | a commendatory oration or writing especially in honor of one deceased |
| expose | to deprive of shelter, protection, or care : subject to risk from a harmful action or condition |