GRE Word List
SMATTERING
superficial piecemeal knowledge
The meaning of the word smattering is superficial piecemeal knowledge.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| enfranchise | to set free (as from slavery) |
| fell | skin |
| malediction | curse |
| indecision | a wavering between two or more possible courses of action : irresolution |
| eschew | to avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds : shun |
| ascertain | to find out or learn with certainty |
| perimeter | the boundary of a closed plane figure |
| pertinent | having a clear decisive relevance to the matter in hand |
| imbalance | lack of balance : the state of being out of equilibrium or out of proportion |
| acrid | sharp and harsh or unpleasantly pungent in taste or odor : irritating |