GRE Word List
SMATTERING
superficial piecemeal knowledge
The meaning of the word smattering is superficial piecemeal knowledge.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| exiguous | excessively scanty : inadequate |
| caption | the part of a legal document that shows where, when, and by what authority it was taken, found, or executed |
| chaplain | a clergyman in charge of a chapel |
| averse | having an active feeling of repugnance, dislike, or distaste |
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |
| grovel | to creep with the face to the ground : crawl |
| pending | during |
| stereotype | to make a stereotype from |
| dais | a raised platform (as in a hall or large room) |
| burgeon | to send forth new growth (such as buds or branches) : sprout |