Sentence:  It took Harriet a full month or more each spring to <WSD>put her house in order</WSD>. Washing windows, arranging drawers, sweeping, and dusting were relatively simple tasks, amounting to two or three days' work in each room. It was the carpets that constituted the major chore. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To clean and arrange in an orderly manner the furnishings and other contents of one's house.