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 |
|---|---|
| condone | to regard or treat (something bad or blameworthy) as acceptable, forgivable, or harmless |
| shunt | to turn off to one side : shift |
| distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |
| eventual | contingent |
| goad | to incite or rouse as if with a goad (see goad |
| clangor | a resounding clang or medley of clangs |
| resign | relegate |
| angular | forming an angle : sharp-cornered |
| buffoon | a ludicrous figure : clown |
| gentility | the condition of belonging to the gentry |