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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libidoinstinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity
analgesican agent producing diminished sensation to pain without loss of consciousness : a drug that is used to relieve pain and produce analgesia
turbulencethe quality or state of being turbulent: such as
toutto make much of : promote
concurrentoperating or occurring at the same time
indifferentmarked by a lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern for something : apathetic
straggleto wander from the direct course or way : rove
testatora person who dies leaving a will or testament in force
rationa food allowance for one day
marginalwritten or printed in the margin of a page or sheet