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 |
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| tablet | a flat slab or plaque suited for or bearing an inscription |
| relegate | to send into exile : banish |
| trough | a long shallow often V-shaped receptacle for the drinking water or feed of domestic animals |
| indulgent | willing to allow excessive leniency, generosity, or consideration : indulging or characterized by indulgence |
| facilitate | to make easier : help bring about |
| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |
| impalpable | incapable of being felt by touch : intangible |
| annals | a record of events arranged in yearly sequence |
| disavowal | to deny responsibility for : repudiate |
| isotope | any of two or more species of atoms of a chemical element with the same atomic number and nearly identical chemical behavior but with differing atomic mass or mass number and different physical properties |