GRE Word List
SHAMBLES
a meat market
The meaning of the word shambles is a meat market.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| veritable | being in fact the thing named and not false, unreal, or imaginary |
| squelch | to fall or stamp on so as to crush |
| premise | a proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of argument or inference |
| prowess | distinguished bravery |
| obsequious | marked by or exhibiting a fawning attentiveness |
| blemish | to spoil by a flaw |
| mortify | to subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : shame |
| overturn | to cause to turn over : upset |
| frieze | a heavy durable coarse wool and shoddy fabric with a rough surface |
| devious | wandering |