GRE Word List
SMATTERING
superficial piecemeal knowledge
The meaning of the word smattering is superficial piecemeal knowledge.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tribute | something given or contributed voluntarily as due or deserved |
| wizened | to become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality |
| adulterate | to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element |
| tribune | a Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates |
| leash | a line for leading or restraining an animal |
| travail | work especially of a painful or laborious nature : toil |
| dogged | marked by stubborn determination |
| chalice | a drinking cup : goblet |
| impassive | giving no sign of feeling or emotion : expressionless |
| meticulous | marked by extreme or excessive care in the consideration or treatment of details |