GRE Word List
SHAMBLES
a meat market
The meaning of the word shambles is a meat market.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
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| militate | to have weight or effect |
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| jaundiced | affected with or as if with jaundice |
| warren | a place legally authorized for keeping small game (such as hare or pheasant) |
| divulge | to make known (something, such as a confidence or secret) |
| firebrand | a piece of burning wood |
| virile | having traditionally masculine traits especially to a marked degree |
| protagonist | the principal character in a literary work (such as a drama or story) |
| duress | forcible restraint or restriction |