GRE Word List
SHAMBLES
a meat market
The meaning of the word shambles is a meat market.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| burnish | to make shiny or lustrous especially by rubbing |
| insatiable | incapable of being satisfied : quenchless |
| clientele | a body of clients |
| trepidation | a nervous or fearful feeling of uncertain agitation : apprehension |
| synoptic | affording a general view of a whole |
| arduous | hard to accomplish or achieve : difficult |
| consensus | general agreement : unanimity |
| cornice | the molded and projecting horizontal member that crowns an architectural composition see column illustration |
| credential | warranting credit or confidence |
| repine | to feel or express dejection or discontent : complain |