GRE Word List
SHAMBLES
a meat market
The meaning of the word shambles is a meat market.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| euphemism | the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant |
| emollient | making soft or supple |
| knead | to work and press into a mass with or as if with the hands |
| discordant | being at variance : disagreeing |
| argot | the language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group |
| deterrent | serving to discourage, prevent, or inhibit : serving to deter |
| metropolis | the chief or capital city of a country, state, or region |
| billowing | wave |
| tout | to make much of : promote |
| ordination | the act or an instance of ordaining : the state of being ordained |