GRE Word List

SHAMBLES

a meat market

The meaning of the word shambles is a meat market.

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sunderto break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space
feralof, relating to, or suggestive of a wild beast
pretexta purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs
graphicof or relating to the pictorial arts
compressto press or squeeze together
gruelingtrying or taxing to the point of exhaustion : punishing
memorialserving to preserve remembrance : commemorative
rampantrearing upon the hind legs with forelegs extended
disquietudeanxiety
supererogatoryobserved or performed to an extent not enjoined or required