GRE Word List
SHAMBLES
a meat market
The meaning of the word shambles is a meat market.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| appraise | to set a value on : to estimate the amount of |
| momentous | having great or lasting importance : consequential |
| wisp | a small handful (as of hay or straw) |
| proliferate | to grow by rapid production of new parts, cells, buds, or offspring |
| blowhard | an arrogantly and pompously boastful or opinionated person : braggart |
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| surly | menacing or threatening in appearance |
| zany | very eccentric (see eccentric |
| chorus | a company of singers and dancers in Athenian drama participating in or commenting on the action |
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