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 |
|---|---|
| psychosis | a serious mental illness (such as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality often with hallucinations or delusions |
| sensuous | of or relating to the senses or sensible objects |
| putrefy | to make putrid |
| ablution | the washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite) |
| parvenu | one that has recently or suddenly risen to an unaccustomed position of wealth or power and has not yet gained the prestige, dignity, or manner associated with it |
| pluck | to pull or pick off or out |
| penance | an act of self-abasement, mortification (see mortification |
| improvident | not provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future |
| subaltern | particular with reference to a related universal proposition |
| eloquence | discourse marked by force and persuasiveness |