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 |
|---|---|
| ordination | the act or an instance of ordaining : the state of being ordained |
| plaintive | expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy |
| amble | to go at or as if at an easy gait : saunter |
| acme | the highest point or stage |
| whiff | a quick puff or slight gust especially of air, odor, gas, smoke, or spray |
| hermetic | of or relating to the mystical and alchemical writings or teachings arising in the first three centuries a.d. |
| buffet | a blow especially with the hand |
| sedition | incitement of resistance to or insurrection against lawful authority |
| buccaneer | any of the freebooters preying on Spanish ships and settlements especially in 17th century West Indies |
| pathetic | having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity |