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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hilarity | boisterous merriment or laughter |
conduit | a natural or artificial channel through which something (such as a fluid) is conveyed |
permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |
macabre | having death as a subject : comprising or including a personalized representation of death |
connivance | the act of conniving |
bellicose | favoring or inclined to start quarrels or wars |
mercenary | one that serves merely for wages |
spoilsport | one who spoils the sport or pleasure of others |
rebate | to reduce the force or activity of : diminish |
cynosure | the northern constellation Ursa Minor |