GRE Word List
SHAMBLES
a meat market
The meaning of the word shambles is a meat market.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| jettison | to get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : omit or forgo as part of a plan or as the result of some other decision |
| continence | the ability to retain a bodily discharge voluntarily |
| outlandish | of or relating to another country : foreign |
| vying | contending; to strive for superiority |
| bate | to reduce the force or intensity of : restrain |
| euphemism | the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant |
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
| deride | to laugh at or insult contemptuously |
| bellicose | favoring or inclined to start quarrels or wars |
| peevish | querulous in temperament or mood : fretful |