GRE Word List
SMATTERING
superficial piecemeal knowledge
The meaning of the word smattering is superficial piecemeal knowledge.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| minion | a servile dependent, follower, or underling |
| drab | slattern |
| outmoded | not being in style |
| masquerade | a social gathering of persons wearing masks and often fantastic costumes |
| kernel | the inner softer part of a seed, fruit stone, or nut |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| nova | a star that suddenly increases its light output tremendously and then fades away to its former obscurity in a few months or years |
| sadistic | of, relating to, or characterized by sadism |
| crotchety | given to crotchets (see crotchet |
| buffoon | a ludicrous figure : clown |