GRE Word List
SHAMBLES
a meat market
The meaning of the word shambles is a meat market.
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|---|---|
| scenario | an outline or synopsis of a play |
| infernal | of or relating to a nether world of the dead |
| crevice | a narrow opening resulting from a split or crack (as in a cliff) : fissure |
| topple | to fall from or as if from being top-heavy |
| vigilant | alertly watchful especially to avoid danger |
| cavil | to raise trivial and frivolous objection |
| indeterminate | not definitely or precisely determined or fixed : vague |
| sublimate | sublime |
| zest | a piece of the peel of a citrus fruit (such as an orange or lemon) used as flavoring |
| bluster | to talk or act with noisy swaggering threats |