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lax

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore L words

not strict, careful, or rigorous enough

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Security at the warehouse was so lax that the theft went unnoticed for days.

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strictrigorousstringent

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Verbal · Text Completion

The committee's report was praised for its candor, yet its central recommendation was so blank that administrators could cite it to justify nearly any policy they had already resolved to pursue.

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Lax (adjective) means not strict, careful, or rigorous enough
Here is lax used in an example sentence: "Security at the warehouse was so lax that the theft went unnoticed for days."
Common synonyms for lax include lenient, negligent, slack, remiss.
Antonyms of lax include strict, rigorous, stringent.
Lax is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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