GRE Word List

SMATTERING

superficial piecemeal knowledge

The meaning of the word smattering is superficial piecemeal knowledge.

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abstrusedifficult to comprehend : recondite
sepulchera place of burial : tomb
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emetican agent that induces vomiting
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conspireplot
verbiagea profusion of words usually of little or obscure content
misnomerthe misnaming of a person in a legal instrument
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