GRE Word List

SHAMBLES

a meat market

The meaning of the word shambles is a meat market.

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obstinatestubbornly adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion
knella stroke or sound of a bell especially when rung slowly (as for a death, funeral, or disaster)
dilateto become enlarged or widened
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assuageto lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) : ease
unisonidentity in musical pitch
universalincluding or covering all or a whole collectively or distributively without limit or exception
mongrelan individual resulting from the interbreeding of diverse breeds (see breed