GRE Word List

SMATTERING

superficial piecemeal knowledge

The meaning of the word smattering is superficial piecemeal knowledge.

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WordMeaning
refractoryresisting control or authority : stubborn
rejoinderthe defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication
impietythe quality or state of being impious : irreverence
prudea person who is excessively or priggishly attentive to propriety or decorum
intractablenot easily governed, managed, or directed
murmura half-suppressed or muttered complaint : grumbling
woea condition of deep suffering from misfortune, affliction, or grief
acridsharp and harsh or unpleasantly pungent in taste or odor : irritating
concavehollowed or rounded inward like the inside of a bowl
accessiblecapable of being reached