GRE Word List
SMATTERING
superficial piecemeal knowledge
The meaning of the word smattering is superficial piecemeal knowledge.
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|---|---|
| energize | to make energetic, vigorous, or active |
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| provender | dry food for domestic animals : feed |
| provenance | origin |
| mercenary | one that serves merely for wages |
| marital | of or relating to marriage or the married state |
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