GRE Word List
SMATTERING
superficial piecemeal knowledge
The meaning of the word smattering is superficial piecemeal knowledge.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| interloper | one that interlopes: such as |
| servitude | a condition in which one lacks liberty especially to determine one's course of action or way of life |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| connubial | of or relating to the married state : conjugal |
| emasculate | to deprive of strength, vigor, or spirit : weaken |
| enumerate | to ascertain the number of : count |
| coeval | of the same or equal age, antiquity, or duration |
| compliant | ready or disposed to comply : submissive |
| sophist | philosopher |
| convulsion | an abnormal violent and involuntary contraction or series of contractions of the muscles |