GRE Word List
SHAMBLES
a meat market
The meaning of the word shambles is a meat market.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| missile | capable of being thrown or projected to strike a distant object |
| comestible | edible |
| dogged | marked by stubborn determination |
| protuberance | something that is protuberant |
| nauseous | causing nausea or disgust : nauseating |
| brandish | to shake or wave (something, such as a weapon) menacingly |
| abstract | disassociated from any specific instance |
| saboteur | one that practices sabotage |
| allegory | the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence |
| preposterous | contrary to nature, reason, or common sense : absurd |