GRE Word List
SMATTERING
superficial piecemeal knowledge
The meaning of the word smattering is superficial piecemeal knowledge.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ramp | a sloping way or plane: such as |
| enervate | lacking physical, mental, or moral vigor : enervated |
| implode | to burst inward |
| torque | a force that produces or tends to produce rotation or torsion |
| frieze | a heavy durable coarse wool and shoddy fabric with a rough surface |
| incense | material used to produce a fragrant odor when burned |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| despondent | feeling or showing extreme discouragement, dejection, or depression |
| jaundiced | affected with or as if with jaundice |
| irresolute | uncertain how to act or proceed : vacillating |