GRE Word List
SMATTERING
superficial piecemeal knowledge
The meaning of the word smattering is superficial piecemeal knowledge.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| discordant | being at variance : disagreeing |
| codify | to reduce to a code |
| inimitable | not capable of being imitated : matchless |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| charlatan | quack |
| enrapture | to fill with delight |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| discredit | to refuse to accept as true or accurate : disbelieve |
| minute | the 60th part of an hour of time : 60 seconds |
| fashion | the prevailing style (as in dress) during a particular time |