GRE Word List
SHAMBLES
a meat market
The meaning of the word shambles is a meat market.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| austere | stern and cold in appearance or manner |
| wont | accustomed |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| jug | a large deep container (as of glass, earthenware, or plastic) with a narrow mouth and a handle |
| docile | easily taught |
| refractory | resisting control or authority : stubborn |
| heed | to pay attention |
| pliable | supple enough to bend freely or repeatedly without breaking |
| gull | any of numerous long-winged web-footed aquatic birds (subfamily Larinae of the family Laridae) |
| behemoth | a mighty animal described in Job 40:15–24 as an example of the power of God |