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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WordMeaning
natalnative
influxa coming in
ruminantan animal that chews the cud
definitiveserving to provide a final solution or to end a situation
demoticof, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing
spoonerisma transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil)
parallelismthe quality or state of being parallel
florescencea state or period of flourishing
vetoan authoritative prohibition : interdiction
yoretime past and especially long past