GRE Word List
SMATTERING
superficial piecemeal knowledge
The meaning of the word smattering is superficial piecemeal knowledge.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| carapace | a bony or chitinous case or shield covering the back or part of the back of an animal (such as a turtle or crab) |
| paroxysm | a fit, attack, or sudden increase or recurrence of symptoms (as of a disease) : convulsion |
| hatch | a small door or opening (as in an airplane or spaceship) |
| penumbra | a space of partial illumination (as in an eclipse) between the perfect shadow on all sides and the full light |
| queue | a braid of hair usually worn hanging at the back of the head |
| distant | separated in space : away |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| estimable | capable of being estimated |
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| dross | the scum or unwanted material that forms on the surface of molten metal |