GRE Word List
SMATTERING
superficial piecemeal knowledge
The meaning of the word smattering is superficial piecemeal knowledge.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| primary | first in order of time or development : primitive |
| effusion | an act of effusing |
| distort | to twist (see twist |
| mawkish | lacking flavor or having an unpleasant taste |
| intellect | the power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge |
| outstrip | to go faster or farther than |
| shard | a piece or fragment of a brittle substance |
| ramshackle | appearing ready to collapse : rickety |
| incisive | impressively direct and decisive (as in manner or presentation) |
| bacchanal | orgy |