GRE Word List
SLIPSHOD
wearing loose shoes or slippers
The meaning of the word slipshod is wearing loose shoes or slippers.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| grim | fierce in disposition or action : savage |
| indices | signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index |
| queer | differing in some way from what is usual or normal : odd |
| mercurial | of, relating to, or born under the planet Mercury |
| kaleidoscope | an instrument containing loose bits of colored material (such as glass or plastic) between two flat plates and two plane mirrors so placed that changes of position of the bits of material are reflected in an endless variety of patterns |
| encipher | to convert (a message) into cipher |
| fulsome | characterized by abundance : copious |
| rarefied | being less dense |
| papyrus | a tall perennial sedge (Cyperus papyrus) of the Nile valley |
| annuity | a sum of money payable yearly or at other regular intervals |