GRE Word List
SHAMBLES
a meat market
The meaning of the word shambles is a meat market.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| chassis | the supporting frame of a structure (such as an automobile or television) |
| scavenge | to remove (dirt, refuse, etc.) from an area |
| epithet | a characterizing word or phrase accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a person or thing |
| ponderous | of very great weight |
| jocose | given to joking : merry |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| fetish | an object (such as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner |
| florescence | a state or period of flourishing |
| resuscitate | to revive from apparent death or from unconsciousness |
| shrewd | marked by clever discerning awareness and hardheaded acumen |