GRE Word List

SHAMBLES

a meat market

The meaning of the word shambles is a meat market.

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meditationa discourse intended to express its author's reflections or to guide others in contemplation
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basethe bottom of something considered as its support : foundation
embraceto clasp in the arms : hug
outlawa person excluded from the benefit or protection of the law
precludeto make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance
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