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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enactto establish by legal and authoritative act
enterprisea project or undertaking that is especially difficult, complicated, or risky
tenurethe act, right, manner, or term of holding something (such as a landed property, a position, or an office)
raffleto engage in a raffle
expoundto set forth : state
biliousof or relating to a yellow or greenish fluid that is secreted by the liver and that aids especially in the emulsification and absorption of fats : of or relating to bile (see bile
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platonicof, relating to, or characteristic of Plato or Platonism
demagoguea leader who makes use of popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power