GRE Word List
SHAMBLES
a meat market
The meaning of the word shambles is a meat market.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bantering | to speak to or address in a witty and teasing manner |
| gentry | upper or ruling class : aristocracy |
| incentive | something that incites or has a tendency to incite to determination or action |
| staid | marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober |
| scuttle | a shallow open basket for carrying something (such as grain or garden produce) |
| secession | withdrawal into privacy or solitude : retirement |
| vigor | active bodily or mental strength or force |
| implacable | not placable : not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated |
| viper | a common Eurasian venomous snake (Vipera berus) that attains a length of about two feet (0.6 meter), varies in color from red, brown, or gray with dark markings to black, and is usually not fatal to humans |
| putative | commonly accepted or supposed |