GRE Word List

SHAMBLES

a meat market

The meaning of the word shambles is a meat market.

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WordMeaning
gorycovered with gore : bloodstained
almssomething (such as money or food) given freely to relieve the poor
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enigmasomething hard to understand or explain
supplecompliant often to the point of obsequiousness
stratifiedformed, deposited, or arranged in stable layers or strata
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bilkto block the free development of : frustrate
sheafa quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together