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 |
|---|---|
| frivolous | of little weight or importance |
| polity | political organization |
| finish | to come to an end : terminate |
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| fussy | easily upset : irritable |
| unaccountable | not to be accounted for : inexplicable |
| placate | to soothe or mollify especially by concessions : appease |
| complacency | self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies |
| append | attach |
| menace | a show of intention to inflict harm : threat |