GRE Word List

SHAMBLES

a meat market

The meaning of the word shambles is a meat market.

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stinkto emit a strong offensive odor
dissimulateto hide under a false appearance
protocolan original draft, minute, or record of a document or transaction
apocryphalof doubtful authenticity : spurious
backslideto lapse morally or in the practice of religion
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