GRE Word List

SHAMBLES

a meat market

The meaning of the word shambles is a meat market.

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voluminoushaving or marked by great volume or bulk : large
derideto laugh at or insult contemptuously
unilateraldone or undertaken by one person or party
winceto shrink back involuntarily (as from pain) : flinch
renderto melt down
crypta chamber (such as a vault) wholly or partly underground
pertinaciousadhering resolutely to an opinion, purpose, or design
foiblethe part of a sword or foil blade between the middle and point
avalanchea large mass of snow, ice, earth, rock, or other material in swift motion down a mountainside or over a precipice
stagnantnot flowing in a current or stream