GRE Word List
SHAMBLES
a meat market
The meaning of the word shambles is a meat market.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| polygamist | marriage in which a spouse of either sex may have more than one mate at the same time compare polyandry |
| masticate | to grind or crush (food) with or as if with the teeth : chew |
| arbiter | a person with power to decide a dispute : judge |
| pulse | the regular expansion of an artery caused by the ejection of blood into the arterial system by the contractions of the heart |
| agog | full of intense interest or excitement : eager |
| collateral | property (such as securities) pledged by a borrower to protect the interests of the lender |
| infallible | incapable of error : unerring |
| minion | a servile dependent, follower, or underling |
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |
| malady | a disease or disorder of the animal body |