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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tangible | capable of being perceived especially by the sense of touch : palpable |
| foment | to promote the growth or development of : rouse |
| jug | a large deep container (as of glass, earthenware, or plastic) with a narrow mouth and a handle |
| ineluctable | not to be avoided, changed, or resisted : inevitable |
| unceremonious | not ceremonious : informal |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| formality | compliance with formal or conventional rules : ceremony |
| ideology | a manner or the content of thinking characteristic of an individual, group, or culture |
| whorl | a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle |
| decrepit | wasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age |