GRE Word List
SMATTERING
superficial piecemeal knowledge
The meaning of the word smattering is superficial piecemeal knowledge.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| viscous | having a thick or sticky consistency : viscid |
| carefree | free from care: such as |
| latch | to lay hold with or as if with the hands or arms |
| graphite | a soft black lustrous form of carbon that conducts electricity and is used in lead pencils and electrolytic anodes, as a lubricant, and as a moderator in nuclear reactors |
| optimist | a person who is inclined to be hopeful and to expect good outcomes : someone who is given to optimism |
| chastise | to censure severely : castigate |
| piquant | engagingly provocative |
| saline | consisting of or containing salt |
| stately | marked by lofty or imposing dignity |
| efface | to eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface |