GRE Word List

SMATTERING

superficial piecemeal knowledge

The meaning of the word smattering is superficial piecemeal knowledge.

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WordMeaning
hypotheticalinvolving or being based on a suggested idea or theory : being or involving a hypothesis : conjectural
nostalgiaa wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition
porouspossessing or full of pores
martyra person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion
searbeing dried and withered
blighta disease or injury of plants marked by the formation of lesions, withering, and death of parts (such as leaves and tubers)
maritimeof, relating to, or bordering on the sea
abutto border on : to touch along an edge
winnowto remove (something, such as chaff) by a current of air
purchaseto obtain by paying money or its equivalent : buy