GRE Word List
SHAMBLES
a meat market
The meaning of the word shambles is a meat market.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bid | to offer (a price) whether for payment or acceptance |
| frolic | full of fun : merry |
| anecdote | a usually short narrative of an interesting, amusing, or biographical incident |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| magisterial | of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a master or teacher : authoritative |
| coy | marked by cute, coquettish, or artful playfulness |
| bank | a mound, pile, or ridge raised above the surrounding level: such as |
| retiring | reserved |
| extricate | to free or remove from an entanglement or difficulty |
| stoic | a member of a school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium about 300 b.c. |