GRE Word List
SHAMBLES
a meat market
The meaning of the word shambles is a meat market.
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| indoctrinate | to imbue with a usually partisan or sectarian opinion, point of view, or principle |
| stipend | a fixed sum of money paid periodically for services or to defray expenses |
| maleficent | working or productive of harm or evil : baleful |
| disenfranchise | to deprive of a franchise, of a legal right, or of some privilege or immunity |
| environ | encircle |
| persist | to go on resolutely or stubbornly in spite of opposition, importunity, or warning |
| eloquence | discourse marked by force and persuasiveness |
| obeisance | a movement of the body made in token of respect or submission : bow |
| conclave | a private meeting or secret assembly |
| askance | with disapproval or distrust : scornfully |