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 |
|---|---|
| frisk | to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets |
| distraught | agitated with doubt or mental conflict or pain |
| calumny | a misrepresentation intended to harm another's reputation |
| rife | prevalent especially to an increasing degree |
| aberration | the fact or an instance of deviating or being aberrant especially from a moral standard or normal state |
| noxious | physically harmful or destructive to living beings |
| stun | to make senseless, groggy, or dizzy by or as if by a blow : daze |
| penumbra | a space of partial illumination (as in an eclipse) between the perfect shadow on all sides and the full light |
| flag | any of various monocotyledonous plants with long ensiform leaves: such as |
| ooze | a soft deposit (as of mud, slime, or shells) on the bottom of a body of water |