GRE Word List
SHAMBLES
a meat market
The meaning of the word shambles is a meat market.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| loath | unwilling to do something contrary to one's ways of thinking : reluctant |
| insipid | lacking in qualities that interest, stimulate, or challenge : dull |
| agility | the quality or state of being agile : nimbleness |
| gentry | upper or ruling class : aristocracy |
| querulous | habitually complaining |
| codify | to reduce to a code |
| sully | to make soiled or tarnished : defile |
| jettison | to get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : omit or forgo as part of a plan or as the result of some other decision |
| compulsion | an act of compelling |
| intuition | the power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference |