GRE Word List
SMATTERING
superficial piecemeal knowledge
The meaning of the word smattering is superficial piecemeal knowledge.
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|---|---|
| impeach | to charge with a crime or misdemeanor |
| pugnacity | having a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent |
| glitter | to shine by reflection with many small flashes of brilliant light : sparkle |
| rooster | an adult male domestic chicken |
| pungent | sharply painful |
| efface | to eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface |
| aghast | struck with terror, amazement, or horror : shocked and upset |
| punctilious | marked by or concerned about precise accordance with the details of codes or conventions |
| insouciant | lighthearted unconcern : nonchalance |
| antiquated | outmoded or discredited by reason of age : old and no longer useful, popular, or accepted |