GRE Word List
SMATTERING
superficial piecemeal knowledge
The meaning of the word smattering is superficial piecemeal knowledge.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| well-bred | having or displaying the politeness and good manners associated especially with people of high social class |
| resonant | continuing to sound : echoing |
| volatile | characterized by or subject to rapid or unexpected change |
| irreproachable | not reproachable : blameless |
| ominous | being or exhibiting an omen : portentous |
| apogee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is at the greatest distance from the center of the earth |
| recondite | difficult or impossible for one of ordinary understanding or knowledge to comprehend : deep |
| spare | not being used |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
| feint | something feigned |