GRE Word List
SMATTERING
superficial piecemeal knowledge
The meaning of the word smattering is superficial piecemeal knowledge.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| scorch | to burn a surface of so as to change its color and texture |
| rejuvenate | to make young or youthful again : give new vigor to |
| finale | the close or termination of something: such as |
| rotunda | a round building |
| beneficiary | a person or thing that receives help or an advantage from something : one that benefits from something |
| craven | lacking the least bit of courage : contemptibly fainthearted |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| laity | the people of a religious faith as distinguished from its clergy |
| outrage | an act of violence or brutality |
| problematic | posing a problem : difficult to solve or decide |