GRE Word List
SHAMBLES
a meat market
The meaning of the word shambles is a meat market.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| incident | an occurrence of an action or situation that is a separate unit of experience : happening |
| restive | stubbornly resisting control : balky |
| buxom | vigorously or healthily plump |
| temperament | characteristic or habitual inclination or mode of emotional response |
| accretion | the process of growth or enlargement by a gradual buildup: such as |
| wrench | to move with a violent twist |
| layman | a person who is not a member of the clergy |
| stately | marked by lofty or imposing dignity |
| impolitic | not politic : unwise |
| spartan | a native or inhabitant of ancient Sparta |