GRE Word List
SMATTERING
superficial piecemeal knowledge
The meaning of the word smattering is superficial piecemeal knowledge.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| disavowal | to deny responsibility for : repudiate |
| importune | to press or urge with troublesome persistence |
| skulduggery | underhanded or unscrupulous behavior |
| vain | having or showing undue or excessive pride in one's appearance or achievements : conceited |
| imponderable | not ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness |
| scaffold | a temporary or movable platform for workers (such as bricklayers, painters, or miners) to stand or sit on when working at a height above the floor or ground |
| penitent | feeling or expressing humble or regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offenses : repentant |
| haggle | to cut roughly or clumsily : hack |
| unfrock | defrock |
| plumber | a dealer or worker in lead |