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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hewto cut with blows of a heavy cutting instrument
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cognateof the same or similar nature : generically alike
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ironythe use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning
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