GRE Word List
SMATTERING
superficial piecemeal knowledge
The meaning of the word smattering is superficial piecemeal knowledge.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| perspicacious | of acute mental vision or discernment : keen |
| collateral | property (such as securities) pledged by a borrower to protect the interests of the lender |
| compliance | the act or process of complying to a desire, demand, proposal, or regimen or to coercion |
| forthright | free from ambiguity or evasiveness : going straight to the point |
| extol | to praise highly : glorify |
| lopsided | leaning to one side |
| gradation | a series forming successive stages |
| tryst | an agreement (as between lovers) to meet |
| pseudonym | a fictitious name |
| margin | the part of a page or sheet outside the main body of printed or written matter |