GRE Word List
SHAMBLES
a meat market
The meaning of the word shambles is a meat market.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| inherent | involved in the constitution or essential character of something : belonging by nature or habit : intrinsic |
| alluvial | relating to, composed of, or found in alluvium |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| occult | to shut off from view or exposure : cover |
| unctuous | having, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality |
| egotism | excessive use of the first person singular personal pronoun |
| milieu | the physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops : environment |
| physiognomy | the art of discovering temperament and character from outward appearance |
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |
| interim | an intervening time : interval |