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 |
|---|---|
| astute | having or showing shrewdness and an ability to notice and understand things clearly : mentally sharp or clever |
| carnal | relating to or given to crude bodily pleasures and appetites |
| lust | usually intense or unbridled sexual desire : lasciviousness |
| sobriety | the quality or state of being sober |
| seduce | to persuade to disobedience or disloyalty |
| subtlety | the quality or state of being subtle |
| disperse | to cause to break up (see break up |
| piscatorial | piscatory |
| rehabilitate | to restore to a former capacity : reinstate |
| gargoyle | a spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building |