GRE Word List
SHAMBLES
a meat market
The meaning of the word shambles is a meat market.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hew | to cut with blows of a heavy cutting instrument |
| earn | to receive as return for effort and especially for work done or services rendered |
| barefaced | having the face uncovered: |
| altruistic | relating to or given to altruism: |
| scrutinize | to examine closely and minutely |
| pillage | the act of looting or plundering especially in war |
| luminous | emitting or reflecting usually steady, suffused, or glowing light |
| cringe | to recoil in distaste |
| extricate | to free or remove from an entanglement or difficulty |
| primogeniture | the state of being the firstborn of the children of the same parents |