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 |
|---|---|
| poultice | a soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions |
| obfuscate | to throw into shadow : darken |
| indecisive | marked by or prone to indecision : irresolute |
| ethnic | of or relating to large groups of people classed according to common racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural origin or background |
| permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |
| flair | a skill or instinctive ability to appreciate or make good use of something : talent |
| certitude | the state of being or feeling certain |
| transcribe | to make a written copy of |
| reprobation | the act of reprobating : the state of being reprobated |
| reinstate | to place again (as in possession or in a former position) |