GRE Word List

SMATTERING

superficial piecemeal knowledge

The meaning of the word smattering is superficial piecemeal knowledge.

Random words

WordMeaning
consternationamazement or dismay that hinders or throws into confusion
psychosisa serious mental illness (such as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality often with hallucinations or delusions
censurea judgment involving condemnation
scurriloususing or given to coarse language
rouea man devoted to a life of sensual pleasure : rake
truncateto shorten by or as if by cutting off
hideousoffensive to the senses and especially to sight : exceedingly ugly
demagoguea leader who makes use of popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power
dispatchto send off or away with promptness or speed
relican object esteemed and venerated because of association with a saint or martyr