GRE Word List
SMATTERING
superficial piecemeal knowledge
The meaning of the word smattering is superficial piecemeal knowledge.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| amok | an episode of sudden mass assault against people or objects usually by a single individual following a period of brooding that has traditionally been regarded as occurring especially in Malaysian culture but is now increasingly viewed as psychopathological behavior occurring worldwide in numerous countries and cultures |
| mauve | a moderate purple, violet, or lilac color |
| plume | a feather of a bird: such as |
| machiavellian | of or relating to Machiavelli or Machiavellianism |
| antiquity | ancient times |
| incoherent | lacking coherence: such as |
| high-flown | exceedingly or excessively high or favorable |
| quizzical | comically quaint |
| roil | to make turbid by stirring up the sediment or dregs of |
| hazardous | involving or exposing one to risk (as of loss or harm) |