GRE Word List

SHAMBLES

a meat market

The meaning of the word shambles is a meat market.

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banteringto speak to or address in a witty and teasing manner
gentryupper or ruling class : aristocracy
incentivesomething that incites or has a tendency to incite to determination or action
staidmarked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober
scuttlea shallow open basket for carrying something (such as grain or garden produce)
secessionwithdrawal into privacy or solitude : retirement
vigoractive bodily or mental strength or force
implacablenot placable : not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated
vipera common Eurasian venomous snake (Vipera berus) that attains a length of about two feet (0.6 meter), varies in color from red, brown, or gray with dark markings to black, and is usually not fatal to humans
putativecommonly accepted or supposed