GRE Word List
SHAMBLES
a meat market
The meaning of the word shambles is a meat market.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| turpitude | inherent baseness : depravity |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| embroider | to ornament with needlework |
| rarefied | being less dense |
| wont | accustomed |
| adulation | extreme or excessive admiration or flattery |
| sensual | relating to or consisting in the gratification of the senses or the indulgence of appetite : fleshly |
| inculcate | to teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions |
| sheer | unqualified |
| threadbare | having the nap worn off so that the thread shows : shabby |