GRE Word List
SMATTERING
superficial piecemeal knowledge
The meaning of the word smattering is superficial piecemeal knowledge.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bereaved | suffering the death of a loved one |
| frenzied | feeling or showing great or abnormal excitement or emotional disturbance |
| plummet | to fall perpendicularly |
| ragamuffin | a ragged often disreputable person |
| vagary | an erratic, unpredictable, or extravagant manifestation, action, or notion |
| horoscope | a diagram of the relative positions of planets and signs of the zodiac at a specific time (as at one's birth) for use by astrologers in inferring individual character and personality traits and in foretelling events of a person's life |
| facilitate | to make easier : help bring about |
| impotent | not potent : lacking in power, strength, or vigor : helpless |
| comely | pleasurably conforming to notions of good appearance, suitability, or proportion |
| sap | the fluid part of a plant |