GRE Word List

SHAMBLES

a meat market

The meaning of the word shambles is a meat market.

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WordMeaning
titillateto excite pleasurably : arouse by stimulation
belligerentinclined to or exhibiting assertiveness, hostility, or combativeness
obsequya funeral or burial rite
apocryphalof doubtful authenticity : spurious
cogentappealing forcibly to the mind or reason : convincing
repulsionthe action of repulsing : the state of being repulsed
hermeticof or relating to the mystical and alchemical writings or teachings arising in the first three centuries a.d.
complaisantmarked by an inclination to please or oblige
novicea person admitted to probationary membership in a religious community
fraughtfull of or accompanied by something specified