GRE Word List
SMATTERING
superficial piecemeal knowledge
The meaning of the word smattering is superficial piecemeal knowledge.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| intermediary | mediator |
| fusillade | a number of shots fired simultaneously or in rapid succession |
| categorical | absolute |
| excoriate | to wear off the skin of : abrade |
| tendentious | marked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view : biased |
| retiring | reserved |
| retrograde | having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars |
| decoy | a pond into which wildfowl are lured for capture |
| hermitage | the habitation of a hermit |
| caprice | a sudden, impulsive, and seemingly unmotivated notion or action |