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
bartererto trade by exchanging one commodity for another : to trade goods or services in exchange for other goods or services
impromptumade, done, or formed on or as if on the spur of the moment : improvised
congruentcongruous
victualsfood usable by people
intimatemarked by a warm friendship developing through long association
wreakbring about
martyra person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion
puckerto become wrinkled or constricted
dispelto drive away or cause to vanish by or as if by scattering : dissipate
definitiveserving to provide a final solution or to end a situation