GRE Word List
SMATTERING
superficial piecemeal knowledge
The meaning of the word smattering is superficial piecemeal knowledge.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| motif | a usually recurring salient thematic element (as in the arts) |
| bestow | to put to use : apply |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
| impediment | something that impedes |
| despot | a ruler with absolute power and authority |
| tan | to make (skin) tan especially by exposure to the sun |
| explicit | fully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity : leaving no question as to meaning or intent |
| stifle | to withhold from circulation or expression |
| politic | political |
| malfeasance | wrongdoing or misconduct especially by a public official |