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 |
|---|---|
| unsullied | not soiled or tarnished : not sullied |
| buffoon | a ludicrous figure : clown |
| extraneous | existing on or coming from the outside |
| recrimination | a retaliatory accusation |
| suavity | smoothly though often superficially gracious and sophisticated |
| supposititious | fraudulently substituted : spurious |
| caste | one of the hereditary social classes in Hinduism that restrict the occupation of their members and their association with the members of other castes |
| futile | serving no useful purpose : completely ineffective |
| ordination | the act or an instance of ordaining : the state of being ordained |
| anchor | a device usually of metal attached to a ship or boat by a cable and cast overboard to hold it in a particular place by means of a fluke that digs into the bottom |