GRE Word List
RAMSHACKLE
appearing ready to collapse : rickety
The meaning of the word ramshackle is appearing ready to collapse : rickety.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| stem_from | arise from; originate from |
| propitious | favorably disposed : benevolent |
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
| travesty | a debased, distorted, or grossly inferior imitation |
| equivocal | subject to two or more interpretations and usually used to mislead or confuse |
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| interrogate | to question formally and systematically |
| vendetta | blood feud |
| annuity | a sum of money payable yearly or at other regular intervals |
| molecule | the smallest particle of a substance that retains all the properties (see property |