GRE Word List

SLIPSHOD

wearing loose shoes or slippers

The meaning of the word slipshod is wearing loose shoes or slippers.

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campa place usually away from urban areas where tents or simple buildings (such as cabins) are erected for shelter or for temporary residence (as for laborers, prisoners, or vacationers)
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restivestubbornly resisting control : balky
prosperousauspicious
knitto form by interlacing yarn or thread in a series of connected loops with needles
esteemthe regard in which one is held
inculcateto teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions
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bludgeona short stick that usually has one thick or loaded end and is used as a weapon
oustto remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity