GRE Word List

SHAMBLES

a meat market

The meaning of the word shambles is a meat market.

Random words

WordMeaning
glowto shine with or as if with an intense heat
attenuateto lessen the amount, force, magnitude, or value of : weaken
nominalof, relating to, or being a noun or a word or expression taking a noun construction
surrogateone appointed to act in place of another : deputy
annalsa record of events arranged in yearly sequence
chroniclea historical account of events arranged in order of time usually without analysis or interpretation
advertto turn the mind or attention
ineffectualnot producing the proper or intended effect : futile
prosaiccharacteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual
lumberto move ponderously