GRE Word List
SHAMBLES
a meat market
The meaning of the word shambles is a meat market.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| aberrant | deviating from the usual or natural type : atypical |
| indisputable | not disputable : unquestionable |
| misconstrue | to interpret (something, such as a statement or action) wrongly : misinterpret |
| recondite | difficult or impossible for one of ordinary understanding or knowledge to comprehend : deep |
| conglomerate | made up of parts from various sources or of various kinds |
| doom | a law or ordinance especially in Anglo-Saxon England |
| disparage | to depreciate (see depreciate |
| regatta | a rowing, speedboat, or sailing race or a series of such races |
| prophetic | of, relating to, or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |