GRE Word List
SHAMBLES
a meat market
The meaning of the word shambles is a meat market.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| craft | skill in planning, making, or executing : dexterity |
| tractable | capable of being easily led, taught, or controlled : docile |
| creep | to move along with the body prone and close to the ground |
| grapple | the act or an instance of grappling |
| cerebration | to use the mind : think |
| buffet | a blow especially with the hand |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| equable | marked by lack of variation or change : uniform |
| lank | not well filled out : slender |
| annuity | a sum of money payable yearly or at other regular intervals |