GRE Word List
SHAMBLES
a meat market
The meaning of the word shambles is a meat market.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| supposititious | fraudulently substituted : spurious |
| umbrage | a feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| dolorous | causing, marked by, or expressing misery or grief |
| cede | to yield or grant typically by treaty |
| obelisk | an upright 4-sided usually monolithic pillar that gradually tapers as it rises and terminates in a pyramid |
| arboretum | a place where trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants are cultivated for scientific and educational purposes |
| petty | having secondary rank or importance : minor |
| marred | to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil |
| reminiscent | of the character of or relating to reminiscence |