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 |
|---|---|
| melancholy | depression of spirits : dejection |
| worldly | of, relating to, or devoted to this world and its pursuits rather than to religion or spiritual affairs |
| invert | to reverse in position, order, or relationship |
| creed | a brief authoritative formula of religious belief |
| cower | to shrink away or crouch especially for shelter from something that menaces, domineers, or dismays |
| bovine | of, relating to, or resembling bovines and especially the ox or cow |
| kismet | fate |
| deference | respect and esteem due a superior or an elder |
| misapprehension | to apprehend wrongly : misunderstand |
| pillage | the act of looting or plundering especially in war |