GRE Word List
FLIPPANT
lacking proper respect or seriousness
The meaning of the word flippant is lacking proper respect or seriousness.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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enfranchise | to set free (as from slavery) |
filch | to steal secretly or casually |
lank | not well filled out : slender |
contention | a point advanced or maintained in a debate or argument |
yoke | a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together |
stammer | to make involuntary stops and repetitions in speaking : stutter |
fulsome | characterized by abundance : copious |
emanate | to come out from a source |
desperado | a bold or violent criminal |
tyranny | oppressive power |