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 |
|---|---|
| mangy | affected with or resulting from mange |
| extol | to praise highly : glorify |
| contingent | dependent on or conditioned by something else |
| discursive | moving from topic to topic without order : rambling |
| beseech | to beg for urgently or anxiously |
| touchstone | a fundamental or quintessential part or feature : basis |
| conviction | the act or process of finding a person guilty of a crime especially in a court of law |
| sportive | frolicsome |
| clap | to strike (two things, such as two flat, hard surfaces) together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise |
| metaphysical | of or relating to metaphysics |