GRE Word List
SMATTERING
superficial piecemeal knowledge
The meaning of the word smattering is superficial piecemeal knowledge.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| healthy | enjoying good health |
| excoriate | to wear off the skin of : abrade |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| presage | something that foreshadows or portends a future event : omen |
| rectitude | the quality or state of being straight |
| innate | existing in, belonging to, or determined by factors present in an individual from birth : native |
| dotage | a state or period of senile decay marked by decline of mental poise and alertness |
| buffoonery | foolish or playful behavior or practice |
| repertoire | a list or supply of dramas, operas, pieces, or parts that a company or person is prepared to perform |
| badger | any of various burrowing mammals (especially Taxidea taxus and Meles meles) of the weasel family that are widely distributed in the northern hemisphere |