GRE Word List
SMATTERING
superficial piecemeal knowledge
The meaning of the word smattering is superficial piecemeal knowledge.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 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) |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| hummock | a rounded knoll or hillock |
| swarm | a great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a queen to start a new colony elsewhere |
| sleigh | an open usually horse-drawn vehicle with runners for use on snow or ice |
| vignette | a picture (such as an engraving or photograph) that shades off gradually into the surrounding paper |
| vitriolic | bitterly harsh or caustic language or criticism |
| ken | the range of perception, understanding, or knowledge |
| ravel | to become unwoven, untwisted, or unwound : fray |
| unction | the act of anointing as a rite of consecration or healing |