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 |
| adjuration | a solemn oath |
| intermittent | coming and going at intervals : not continuous |
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| contrivance | a thing contrived |
| augment | to make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense |
| rag | a waste piece of cloth |
| credulity | readiness or willingness to believe especially on slight or uncertain evidence |
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