GRE Word List
SMATTERING
superficial piecemeal knowledge
The meaning of the word smattering is superficial piecemeal knowledge.
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| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| oratorio | a lengthy choral work usually of a religious nature consisting chiefly of recitatives, arias, and choruses without action or scenery |
| despondent | feeling or showing extreme discouragement, dejection, or depression |
| hew | to cut with blows of a heavy cutting instrument |
| simper | to smile in a silly, affected, or ingratiating manner |
| incarnate | invested with bodily and especially human nature and form |
| strident | characterized by harsh, insistent, and discordant sound |
| giddy | dizzy |
| recapitulate | to retell or restate briefly : summarize |
| infest | to spread or swarm in or over in a troublesome manner |