GRE Word List
SHAMBLES
a meat market
The meaning of the word shambles is a meat market.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| titillate | to excite pleasurably : arouse by stimulation |
| belligerent | inclined to or exhibiting assertiveness, hostility, or combativeness |
| obsequy | a funeral or burial rite |
| apocryphal | of doubtful authenticity : spurious |
| cogent | appealing forcibly to the mind or reason : convincing |
| repulsion | the action of repulsing : the state of being repulsed |
| hermetic | of or relating to the mystical and alchemical writings or teachings arising in the first three centuries a.d. |
| complaisant | marked by an inclination to please or oblige |
| novice | a person admitted to probationary membership in a religious community |
| fraught | full of or accompanied by something specified |