GRE Word List
SHAMBLES
a meat market
The meaning of the word shambles is a meat market.
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|---|---|
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| hoary | gray or white with or as if with age |
| warren | a place legally authorized for keeping small game (such as hare or pheasant) |
| quizzical | comically quaint |
| nexus | connection |
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| tantamount | equivalent in value, significance, or effect |
| gravity | dignity or sobriety of bearing |
| squeamish | easily nauseated : queasy |