GRE Word List
SMATTERING
superficial piecemeal knowledge
The meaning of the word smattering is superficial piecemeal knowledge.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| abstruse | difficult to comprehend : recondite |
| sepulcher | a place of burial : tomb |
| proselytize | to induce someone to convert to one's faith |
| emetic | an agent that induces vomiting |
| coup | a sudden decisive exercise of force in politics and especially the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group : coup d'Γ©tat |
| conspire | plot |
| verbiage | a profusion of words usually of little or obscure content |
| misnomer | the misnaming of a person in a legal instrument |
| satellite | a celestial body orbiting another of larger size |
| fermentation | the enzyme-catalyzed anaerobic breakdown of an energy-rich compound (such as a carbohydrate to carbon dioxide and alcohol or to an organic acid) by the action of microorganisms (such as bacteria or yeast) that occurs naturally and is commonly used in the production of various products (such as food, alcoholic beverages, and pharmaceuticals) especially by controlling microbial enzymatic activity |