GRE Word List
SMATTERING
superficial piecemeal knowledge
The meaning of the word smattering is superficial piecemeal knowledge.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| demure | reserved |
| stink | to emit a strong offensive odor |
| loiter | to delay an activity with idle stops and pauses : dawdle |
| virtuoso | one who excels in the technique of an art |
| subaltern | particular with reference to a related universal proposition |
| scenario | an outline or synopsis of a play |
| dinghy | a small boat carried on or towed behind a larger boat as a tender or a lifeboat |
| grandiloquent | a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language |
| pejorative | a word or phrase that has negative connotations (see connotation |
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