GRE Word List
SHAMBLES
a meat market
The meaning of the word shambles is a meat market.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| drip | to let fall in drops |
| disavowal | to deny responsibility for : repudiate |
| punctilious | marked by or concerned about precise accordance with the details of codes or conventions |
| waive | to relinquish (something, such as a legal right) voluntarily |
| cathartic | of, relating to, or producing catharsis |
| ingenious | having or showing an unusual aptitude for discovering, inventing, or contriving |
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |
| compute | to determine especially by mathematical means |
| wrangle | to dispute angrily or peevishly : bicker |
| labyrinth | a place constructed of or full of intricate passageways and blind alleys |