GRE Word List
SMATTERING
superficial piecemeal knowledge
The meaning of the word smattering is superficial piecemeal knowledge.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| admonish | to indicate duties or obligations to |
| allay | to subdue or reduce in intensity or severity : alleviate |
| tenant | one who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements of another |
| bivouac | a usually temporary encampment under little or no shelter |
| perpetuate | to make perpetual or cause to last indefinitely |
| consistency | agreement or harmony of parts or features to one another or a whole : correspondence |
| dolorous | causing, marked by, or expressing misery or grief |
| behemoth | a mighty animal described in Job 40:15–24 as an example of the power of God |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| flamboyant | marked by or given to strikingly elaborate or colorful display or behavior |