GRE Word List
SMATTERING
superficial piecemeal knowledge
The meaning of the word smattering is superficial piecemeal knowledge.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gape | to open the mouth wide |
| continence | the ability to retain a bodily discharge voluntarily |
| reputed | having a good repute : reputable |
| irremediable | not remediable |
| hinterlands | a region lying inland from a coast |
| engage | to offer (something, such as one's life or word) as backing to a cause or aim : to expose to risk for the attainment or support of some end |
| existential | of, relating to, or affirming existence |
| voluptuous | suggesting sensual pleasure by fullness and beauty of form |
| intervene | to occur, fall, or come between points of time or events |
| inexorable | not to be persuaded, moved, or stopped : relentless |