GRE Word List

SMATTERING

superficial piecemeal knowledge

The meaning of the word smattering is superficial piecemeal knowledge.

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WordMeaning
lugubriousmournful
tractablecapable of being easily led, taught, or controlled : docile
peevishquerulous in temperament or mood : fretful
lamentto mourn aloud : wail
mosaica surface decoration made by inlaying small pieces of variously colored material to form pictures or patterns
contiguousbeing in actual contact : touching along a boundary or at a point
qualifyto reduce from a general to a particular or restricted form : modify
temperamentcharacteristic or habitual inclination or mode of emotional response
outwitto get the better of by superior cleverness : outsmart
compriseto be made up of