GRE Word List
SMATTERING
superficial piecemeal knowledge
The meaning of the word smattering is superficial piecemeal knowledge.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| inviolable | secure from violation or profanation |
| context | the parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning |
| incorporate | to unite or work into something already existent so as to form an indistinguishable whole |
| sumptuous | extremely costly, rich, luxurious, or magnificent |
| humor | that quality which appeals to a sense of the ludicrous or absurdly incongruous : a funny or amusing quality |
| epaulet | something that ornaments or protects the shoulder: such as |
| purveyor | one that purveys |
| holocaust | a sacrifice (see sacrifice |
| anarchy | absence of government |
| dys- | abnormal |