GRE Word List
SMATTERING
superficial piecemeal knowledge
The meaning of the word smattering is superficial piecemeal knowledge.
Random words
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tribute | something given or contributed voluntarily as due or deserved |
wizened | to become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality |
adulterate | to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element |
tribune | a Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates |
leash | a line for leading or restraining an animal |
travail | work especially of a painful or laborious nature : toil |
dogged | marked by stubborn determination |
chalice | a drinking cup : goblet |
impassive | giving no sign of feeling or emotion : expressionless |
meticulous | marked by extreme or excessive care in the consideration or treatment of details |