GRE Word List
RAMSHACKLE
appearing ready to collapse : rickety
The meaning of the word ramshackle is appearing ready to collapse : rickety.
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| tribune | a Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates |
| celerity | rapidity of motion or action |
| infamous | having a reputation of the worst kind : notoriously evil |
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |
| hut | an often small and temporary dwelling of simple construction : shack |
| sacrilegious | committing or characterized by sacrilege : having or showing a lack of proper respect for a sacred person, place, or object |
| fathomless | incapable of being fathomed : immeasurable |
| specious | having a false look of truth or genuineness : sophistic |
| privy | private |
| unassuming | not assuming : modest |