GRE Word List

SMATTERING

superficial piecemeal knowledge

The meaning of the word smattering is superficial piecemeal knowledge.

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phariseea member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law
oratorioa lengthy choral work usually of a religious nature consisting chiefly of recitatives, arias, and choruses without action or scenery
despondentfeeling or showing extreme discouragement, dejection, or depression
hewto cut with blows of a heavy cutting instrument
simperto smile in a silly, affected, or ingratiating manner
incarnateinvested with bodily and especially human nature and form
stridentcharacterized by harsh, insistent, and discordant sound
giddydizzy
recapitulateto retell or restate briefly : summarize
infestto spread or swarm in or over in a troublesome manner