GRE Word List
SHAMBLES
a meat market
The meaning of the word shambles is a meat market.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| graduated | marked with divisions indicating degrees or units of measurement |
| fawning | seeking or used to seek approval or favor by means of flattery |
| detrimental | obviously harmful : damaging |
| fatuous | complacently or inanely foolish : silly |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| cleft | a space or opening made by or as if by splitting : fissure |
| insidious | having a gradual and cumulative effect : subtle |
| plane | airplane |
| fester | to generate pus |
| dilatory | tending or intended to cause delay |