GRE Word List

SHAMBLES

a meat market

The meaning of the word shambles is a meat market.

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formidablecausing fear, dread, or apprehension
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squashto press or beat into a pulp or a flat mass : crush
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transparenthaving the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid
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elysianof or relating to Elysium
prolificproducing young or fruit especially freely : fruitful