GRE Word List
SHAMBLES
a meat market
The meaning of the word shambles is a meat market.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| comeuppance | a deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts |
| conglomerate | made up of parts from various sources or of various kinds |
| perspicuous | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| exempt | free or released from some liability or requirement to which others are subject |
| suspend | to debar temporarily especially from a privilege, office, or function |
| inhibited | to prohibit from doing something |
| violate | break |
| commandeer | to compel to perform military service |
| stint | a period of time spent at a particular activity |
| standstill | a state characterized by absence of motion or of progress : stop |