GRE Word List
SHAMBLES
a meat market
The meaning of the word shambles is a meat market.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
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| charisma | a personal magic of leadership arousing special popular loyalty or enthusiasm for a public figure (such as a political leader) |
| shack | hut |
| devious | wandering |
| ludicrous | amusing or laughable through obvious absurdity, incongruity, exaggeration, or eccentricity |
| chide | to speak out in angry or displeased rebuke |
| arbiter | a person with power to decide a dispute : judge |
| flirt | to move erratically : flit |
| roue | a man devoted to a life of sensual pleasure : rake |