GRE Word List
SHAMBLES
a meat market
The meaning of the word shambles is a meat market.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| inextricable | forming a maze or tangle from which it is impossible to get free |
| recant | to withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce |
| excise | an internal tax levied on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of a commodity |
| despot | a ruler with absolute power and authority |
| demur | to take exception : object |
| blackball | to vote against |
| delta | the 4th letter of the Greek alphabet see Alphabet Table |
| protract | to prolong in time or space : continue |
| prodigal | characterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure : lavish |
| gouge | a chisel with a concavo-convex cross section |