GRE Word List
SHAMBLES
a meat market
The meaning of the word shambles is a meat market.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| occlude | to close up or block off : obstruct |
| decoy | a pond into which wildfowl are lured for capture |
| chuckle | to laugh inwardly or quietly |
| repertoire | a list or supply of dramas, operas, pieces, or parts that a company or person is prepared to perform |
| autocratic | of, relating to, or being an autocracy : absolute |
| recess | the action of receding : recession |
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
| habituate | to make used to something : accustom |
| codify | to reduce to a code |
| lust | usually intense or unbridled sexual desire : lasciviousness |
