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 |
|---|---|
| dawdle | to spend time idly |
| viscid | having an adhesive quality : sticky |
| raiment | clothing |
| outskirts | a part remote from the center : border |
| haughtiness | blatantly and disdainfully proud : having or showing an attitude of superiority and contempt for people or things perceived to be inferior |
| jetsam | the part of a ship, its equipment, or its cargo that is cast overboard to lighten the load in time of distress and that sinks or is washed ashore |
| manipulate | to treat or operate with or as if with the hands or by mechanical means especially in a skillful manner |
| maternal | of, relating to, belonging to, or characteristic of a mother : motherly |
| permeable | capable of being permeated : penetrable |
| engender | beget |