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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disavowalto deny responsibility for : repudiate
propellantcapable of propelling
haphappening
frivolousof little weight or importance
compriseto be made up of
swelterto suffer, sweat, or be faint from heat
scurryto move in or as if in a brisk pace : scamper
oratorioa lengthy choral work usually of a religious nature consisting chiefly of recitatives, arias, and choruses without action or scenery
translucentpermitting the passage of light:
rejoinderthe defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication