GRE Word List

SMATTERING

superficial piecemeal knowledge

The meaning of the word smattering is superficial piecemeal knowledge.

Random words

WordMeaning
carriondead and putrefying flesh
disclaimto make a disclaimer
emaciatedvery thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness
sterilefailing to bear or incapable of producing fruit or spores
gullany of numerous long-winged web-footed aquatic birds (subfamily Larinae of the family Laridae)
acclimateto adapt (someone) to a new temperature, altitude, climate, environment, or situation
conjugalof or relating to the married state or to married persons and their relations : connubial
ductilecapable of being drawn out (see draw
sleekslick
egothe self especially as contrasted with another self or the world