GRE Word List
SMATTERING
superficial piecemeal knowledge
The meaning of the word smattering is superficial piecemeal knowledge.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bellicose | favoring or inclined to start quarrels or wars |
| ooze | a soft deposit (as of mud, slime, or shells) on the bottom of a body of water |
| swarthy | of a dark color, complexion, or cast |
| retiring | reserved |
| slaughter | the act of killing |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| flush | to fly away suddenly |
| ignoble | characterized by baseness, lowness, or meanness |
| ablution | the washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite) |
| vicar | an ecclesiastical agent: such as |