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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| Word | Meaning |
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| hallucination | a sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine) |
| thrash | to beat soundly with or as if with a stick or whip : flog |
| pensive | musingly or dreamily thoughtful |
| pretension | an allegation of doubtful value : pretext |
| slovenly | untidy especially in personal appearance |
| crochet | needlework consisting of the interlocking of looped stitches formed with a single thread and a hooked needle |
| import | to bring from a foreign or external source: such as |
| shunt | to turn off to one side : shift |
| fluke | flatfish |
| ancestry | line of descent : lineage |