GRE Word List
SHAMBLES
a meat market
The meaning of the word shambles is a meat market.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dissimulate | to hide under a false appearance |
| tickle | to touch (a body part, a person, etc.) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements |
| dowse | to plunge into water |
| perceptive | responsive to sensory stimuli : discerning |
| biting | having the power to bite |
| arbitrary | existing or coming about seemingly at random or by chance or as a capricious and unreasonable act of will |
| tome | book |
| smart | having or showing a high degree of mental ability : intelligent |
| narrative | something that is narrated : story |
| deference | respect and esteem due a superior or an elder |