GRE Word List
SMATTERING
superficial piecemeal knowledge
The meaning of the word smattering is superficial piecemeal knowledge.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| spry | able to move quickly, easily, and lightly : nimble |
| ultimatum | a final proposition, condition, or demand |
| memorial | serving to preserve remembrance : commemorative |
| compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it |
| atrophy | decrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue |
| opaque | blocking the passage of radiant energy and especially light : exhibiting opacity (see opacity |
| inveigh | to protest or complain bitterly or vehemently : rail |
| espouse | marry |
| farce | stuff |
| terminal | leading ultimately to death : fatal |