GRE Word List

FLIPPANT

lacking proper respect or seriousness

The meaning of the word flippant is lacking proper respect or seriousness.

Random words

WordMeaning
riddlea mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum
travailwork especially of a painful or laborious nature : toil
raga waste piece of cloth
sluggishaverse to activity or exertion : indolent
connivancethe act of conniving
veritablebeing in fact the thing named and not false, unreal, or imaginary
palmany of a family (Palmae synonym Arecaceae) of mostly tropical or subtropical monocotyledonous trees, shrubs, or vines with usually a simple stem and a terminal crown of large pinnate or fan-shaped leaves
surreptitiousdone, made, or acquired by stealth : clandestine
soliloquythe act of talking to oneself
caulkto stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe)