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
sonicutilizing, produced by, or relating to sound waves
intolerantunable or unwilling to endure
contiguousbeing in actual contact : touching along a boundary or at a point
capsizeto cause to overturn
pulsethe regular expansion of an artery caused by the ejection of blood into the arterial system by the contractions of the heart
bequeathto give or leave by will (see will
unobtrusivenot obtrusive : not blatant, arresting, or aggressive : inconspicuous
truisman undoubted or self-evident truth
rantto talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner
abstemiousmarked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol