GRE Word List
SHAMBLES
a meat market
The meaning of the word shambles is a meat market.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| stupefy | to make stupid, groggy, or insensible |
| glean | to gather grain or other produce left by reapers |
| caucus | a closed meeting of a group of persons belonging to the same political party or faction usually to select candidates or to decide on policy |
| foil | to prevent from attaining an end : defeat |
| synthesis | the composition or combination of parts or elements so as to form a whole |
| monumental | serving as or resembling a monument : massive |
| rave | to talk irrationally in or as if in delirium |
| pachyderm | any of various nonruminant mammals (such as an elephant, a rhinoceros, or a hippopotamus) of a former group (Pachydermata) that have hooves or nails resembling hooves and usually thick skin |
| prong | fork |
| worldly | of, relating to, or devoted to this world and its pursuits rather than to religion or spiritual affairs |