GRE Word List

SMATTERING

superficial piecemeal knowledge

The meaning of the word smattering is superficial piecemeal knowledge.

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WordMeaning
cumulativeincreasing by successive additions
uncannyseeming to have a supernatural character or origin : eerie
enraptureto fill with delight
denouementthe final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work
provenanceorigin
groovea long narrow channel or depression
anarchyabsence of government
restitutionan act of restoring or a condition of being restored: such as
ambushto attack by surprise from a hidden place : waylay
pranktrick