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 |
|---|---|
| enact | to establish by legal and authoritative act |
| sepulcher | a place of burial : tomb |
| depredation | to lay waste : plunder |
| indentation | the blank space produced by indenting : indention |
| alms | something (such as money or food) given freely to relieve the poor |
| whet | to sharpen by rubbing on or with something (such as a stone) |
| rationale | an explanation of controlling principles of opinion, belief, practice, or phenomena |
| encomiastic | one that praises : eulogist |
| capitulate | to surrender often after negotiation of terms |
| melancholy | depression of spirits : dejection |