GRE Word List

SHAMBLES

a meat market

The meaning of the word shambles is a meat market.

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monolithicof, relating to, or resembling a monolith : huge
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spectralof, relating to, or suggesting a specter : ghostly
effusionan act of effusing
deliriuman acute (see acute
sheerunqualified
parryto ward off a weapon or blow
inverseopposite in order, nature, or effect
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