GRE Word List
SHAMBLES
a meat market
The meaning of the word shambles is a meat market.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| provisional | serving for the time being : temporary |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
| bolster | a long pillow or cushion |
| prize | something offered or striven for in competition or in contests of chance |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| stultify | to have a dulling or inhibiting effect on |
| mayhem | needless or willful damage or violence |
| magisterial | of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a master or teacher : authoritative |
| turpitude | inherent baseness : depravity |
| concession | the act or an instance of conceding (as by granting something as a right, accepting something as true, or acknowledging defeat) |