GRE Word List

SHAMBLES

a meat market

The meaning of the word shambles is a meat market.

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WordMeaning
dripto let fall in drops
disavowalto deny responsibility for : repudiate
punctiliousmarked by or concerned about precise accordance with the details of codes or conventions
waiveto relinquish (something, such as a legal right) voluntarily
catharticof, relating to, or producing catharsis
ingenioushaving or showing an unusual aptitude for discovering, inventing, or contriving
runicany of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries
computeto determine especially by mathematical means
wrangleto dispute angrily or peevishly : bicker
labyrintha place constructed of or full of intricate passageways and blind alleys