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 |
|---|---|
| disengage | to release from something that engages or involves |
| mendacious | given to or characterized by deception or falsehood or divergence from absolute truth |
| die | to pass from physical life : expire |
| eccentric | deviating from conventional or accepted usage or conduct especially in odd or whimsical ways |
| astringent | causing a tightening of soft organic tissues : styptic |
| overwrought | extremely excited : agitated |
| primogeniture | the state of being the firstborn of the children of the same parents |
| bully | a blustering, browbeating person |
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |
| pragmatist | a practical approach to problems and affairs |