GRE Word List

SHAMBLES

a meat market

The meaning of the word shambles is a meat market.

Random words

WordMeaning
discretionindividual choice or judgment
contendto strive or vie in contest or rivalry or against difficulties : struggle
subterfugedeception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade
edifyto instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge : uplift
prefatoryof, relating to, or constituting a preface
dramaa composition (see composition
aboriginalbeing the first or earliest known of its kind present in a region
referendumthe principle or practice of submitting to popular vote a measure passed on or proposed by a legislative body or by popular initiative
inextricableforming a maze or tangle from which it is impossible to get free
whinnyto neigh especially in a low or gentle way