GRE Word List

FLIPPANT

lacking proper respect or seriousness

The meaning of the word flippant is lacking proper respect or seriousness.

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gauchelacking social experience or grace
nonplusa state of bafflement or perplexity : quandary
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refractoryresisting control or authority : stubborn
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mashto reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure
casualtya military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action
incipientbeginning to come into being or to become apparent
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shootto eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger)