GRE Word List

SMATTERING

superficial piecemeal knowledge

The meaning of the word smattering is superficial piecemeal knowledge.

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WordMeaning
defectionconscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion
persevereto persist in a state, enterprise, or undertaking in spite of counterinfluences, opposition, or discouragement
dozeto sleep lightly
sybaritevoluptuary
hoarygray or white with or as if with age
libertinea freethinker especially in religious matters
commemorativeintended as a commemoration
promulgateto make (an idea, belief, etc.) known to many people by open declaration : proclaim
pervasiveexisting in or spreading through every part of something
shearto cut off the hair from