GRE Word List
SHAMBLES
a meat market
The meaning of the word shambles is a meat market.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
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| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| secular | of or relating to the worldly or temporal |
| finite | having definite or definable limits |
| reproach | an expression of rebuke or disapproval |
| respite | a period of temporary delay |
| celibate | of, relating to, or characterized by celibacy: |
| slaughter | the act of killing |
| nadir | the point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the zenith and vertically downward from the observer |
| repel | to drive back : repulse |
| insensate | lacking sense or understanding |