GRE Word List
SHAMBLES
a meat market
The meaning of the word shambles is a meat market.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| abysmal | immeasurably low or wretched : extremely poor or bad |
| faction | a party or group (as within a government) that is often contentious or self-seeking : clique |
| obstinate | stubbornly adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion |
| knell | a stroke or sound of a bell especially when rung slowly (as for a death, funeral, or disaster) |
| dilate | to become enlarged or widened |
| unfrock | defrock |
| assuage | to lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) : ease |
| unison | identity in musical pitch |
| universal | including or covering all or a whole collectively or distributively without limit or exception |
| mongrel | an individual resulting from the interbreeding of diverse breeds (see breed |