GRE Word List
SHAMBLES
a meat market
The meaning of the word shambles is a meat market.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| misgivings | a feeling of doubt or suspicion especially concerning a future event |
| avert | to turn away or aside (the eyes, one's gaze, etc.) in avoidance |
| appease | pacify |
| rasp | to rub with something rough |
| peon | any of various workers in India, Sri Lanka, or Malaysia: such as |
| fabricate | invent |
| irretrievable | not retrievable : impossible to regain or recover |
| obtuse | not pointed or acute : blunt |
| beneficiary | a person or thing that receives help or an advantage from something : one that benefits from something |
| futile | serving no useful purpose : completely ineffective |