GRE Word List
SMATTERING
superficial piecemeal knowledge
The meaning of the word smattering is superficial piecemeal knowledge.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| precipitous | precipitate |
| warranty | a real covenant binding the grantor of an estate and the grantor's heirs to warrant and defend the title |
| deface | to mar the appearance of : injure by effacing significant details |
| saturate | to satisfy fully : satiate |
| plebeian | a member of the Roman plebs |
| wallow | to roll oneself about in a lazy, relaxed, or ungainly manner |
| pore | to gaze intently |
| chimerical | existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary |
| foist | to introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant |
| clot | a portion of a substance adhering together in a thick nondescript mass (as of clay or gum) |