GRE Word List
SMATTERING
superficial piecemeal knowledge
The meaning of the word smattering is superficial piecemeal knowledge.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| conceit | favorable opinion |
| linger | to be slow in parting or in quitting something : tarry |
| sturdy | firmly built or constituted : stout |
| fray | a usually disorderly or protracted fight, struggle, or dispute |
| indemnify | to secure against hurt, loss, or damage |
| subaltern | particular with reference to a related universal proposition |
| remediable | capable of being remedied |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| disavowal | to deny responsibility for : repudiate |
| cosmic | of or relating to the cosmos, the extraterrestrial vastness, or the universe in contrast to the earth alone |