GRE Word List
SHAMBLES
a meat market
The meaning of the word shambles is a meat market.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| quiescent | marked by inactivity or repose : tranquilly at rest |
| guffaw | a loud or boisterous burst of laughter |
| languish | to be or become feeble, weak, or enervated |
| deposition | a testifying especially before a court |
| unassuming | not assuming : modest |
| wilt | loose freshness; droop |
| sporadic | occurring occasionally, singly, or in irregular or random instances |
| subpoena | a writ commanding a person designated in it to appear in court under a penalty for failure |
| preclude | to make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance |
| sly | wise in practical affairs |