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 |
|---|---|
| immobility | not moving : motionless |
| lassitude | a condition of weariness or debility : fatigue |
| calculated | apt |
| tablet | a flat slab or plaque suited for or bearing an inscription |
| knell | a stroke or sound of a bell especially when rung slowly (as for a death, funeral, or disaster) |
| coax | to influence or gently urge by caressing or flattering : wheedle |
| rapt | lifted up and carried away |
| implement | a device used in the performance of a task : tool |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| tenant | one who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements of another |